TERRAPIN


Meaning of TERRAPIN in English

/ ˈterəpɪn; NAmE / noun

a small turtle (= a reptile with a hard round shell), that lives in warm rivers and lakes in N America

—compare tortoise

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent. (denoting the diamondback terrapin): of Algonquian origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.