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Emydidae

noun

box and water turtles

• Syn: ↑family Emydidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chelonia, ↑order Chelonia, ↑Testudinata, ↑order Testudinata, ↑Testudines, ↑order Testudines

• Member Meronyms:

↑terrapin, ↑Malaclemys, ↑genus Malaclemys, ↑Pseudemys, ↑genus Pseudemys, ↑Terrapene, ↑genus Terrapene, ↑Chrysemys, ↑genus Chrysemys

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\\ə̇ˈmidəˌdē, ēˈ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Emyd-, Emys, type genus + -idae

: a family of chelonians comprising most of the freshwater aquatic tortoises and terrapins and closely related to Testudinidae in which it has often been included as a subfamily

Useful english dictionary. 2012.