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    BOX TURTLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightlyplay

    Synonyms:

    box tortoise; box turtle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("box turtle" is a kind of...):

    turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "box turtle"):

    Terrapene ornata; Western box turtle (primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico)

    Holonyms ("box turtle" is a member of...):

    genus Terrapene; Terrapene (box turtles)

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