Akademik

Terrapene

noun

box turtles

• Syn: ↑genus Terrapene

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Emydidae, ↑family Emydidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑box turtle, ↑box tortoise

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\\ˌterəˈpēnē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from obsolete English terrapine, terrapene terrapin

: a genus comprising the box tortoises

Useful english dictionary. 2012.