"soft-shell turtle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft-shell turtles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft-shell turtle (plural soft-shell turtles)
  1. Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides. Wikipedia link: Trionychidae Categories (lifeform): Turtles Derived forms: black soft-shell turtle, Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Florida softshell turtle, Nagpur soft-shell turtle, spiny softshell turtle, wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle Translations (Any turtle of the family Trionychidae): tortuga de closca tova [feminine] (Catalan), kezoŋta (Dakota), Weichschildkröte [feminine] (German), turtar blaoscbhog [masculine] (Irish), 자라 (jara) (Korean), chʼééh digháhii bitsʼaʼ yilzhólí (Navajo), mekoštitka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ตะพาบ (dtà-pâap) (Thai), ba ba (Vietnamese)

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