terrapin
noun/ˈterəpɪn/
/ˈterəpɪn/
- a small turtle (= a reptile with a hard round shell), that lives in warm rivers and lakes in North America compare tortoiseTopics Animalsc2Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the diamondback terrapin): of Algonquian origin.
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