box turtle

See also: box-turtle

English

Alternative forms

• box-turtle

Noun

box turtle (plural box turtles)

1. A turtle of the genera Terrapene (the North American box turtles), Cuora, or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators.

Synonyms

• box tortoise

Derived terms

• Asian box turtle
• three-toed box turtle

Derived terms

terms derived from box turtle

• amboina box turtle
• Asian box turtle
• Chinese box turtle
• Coahuilan box turtle
• common box turtle
• desert box turtle
• eastern box turtle
• Florida box turtle
• Gulf Coast box turtle
• Indo-Chinese box turtle, Indochinese box turtle
• keeled box turtle
• McCord's box turtle
• Mexican box turtle
• ornate box turtle
• Pan's box turtle
• spotted box turtle
• three-banded box turtle
• three-lined box turtle
• three-striped box turtle
• three-toed box turtle
• western box turtle
• yellow-headed box turtle
• Yucatan box turtle
• Yunnan box turtle
• Zhou's box turtle