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soft-shelled turtle


n.

Any of various freshwater turtles of the family Trionychidae, having a flat carapace covered with leathery skin and a fleshy elongated snout.


 
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
  Synonym: pancake turtle


 
 

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