"snapping turtle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snapping turtles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snapping turtle (plural snapping turtles)
  1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap. Wikipedia link: snapping turtle Categories (lifeform): Turtles Synonyms: snapper, snapping-turtle Derived forms: alligator snapping turtle (taxonomic: Macrochelys temminckii), Australian snapping turtle (taxonomic: Elseya spp.), common snapping turtle (taxonomic: Chelydra serpentina), South American snapping turtle (taxonomic: Chelydra acutirostris), Central American snapping turtle (taxonomic: Chelydra rossignonii) Translations (turtle of the family Chelydridae): tortuga mossegadora [feminine] (Catalan), bijtschildpad (Dutch), näykkijäkilpikonna (Finnish), 늑대거북 (neukdaegeobuk) (Korean), tsisteeł hashkéhé (Navajo), mikinaak (Ojibwe), skorpucha jaszczurowata [feminine] (Polish), tartaruga-mordedora [feminine] (Portuguese), tortuga mordedora (Spanish)

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