MUSK TURTLE


Meaning of MUSK TURTLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1868

: any of various small American freshwater turtles (especially genus Sternotherus ) that have musk glands ; especially : a small dark turtle ( S. odoratus ) capable of producing a foul odor

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