chicken turtle

chicken turtle
An uncommon freshwater turtle found in the southeast of the United States, similar in appearance to the Eastern painted turtle but with an unusually long, striped neck, a yellow stripe on each of its legs and a net-like pattern on its carapace.

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  • chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace. * * * ▪ reptile       (Deirochelys reticularia), edible freshwater… …   Universalium

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  • chicken turtle — noun see chicken terrapin * * * an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace …   Useful english dictionary

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  • chicken terrapin — noun or chicken tortoise or chicken turtle 1. : a small or medium sized edible aquatic turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) of the southern Atlantic states having a long snakelike neck and an elongated carapace marked with a network of yellow lines 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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