snapping turtle

English

a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Alternative forms

• snapping-turtle

Noun

snapping turtle (plural snapping turtles)

1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.

Synonyms

• snapper

Derived terms

• alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
• Australian snapping turtles (Elseya spp.)
• common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
• South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)
• Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)

Translations

turtle of the family Chelydridae

• Catalan: tortuga mossegadora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鱷龜／鳄龟 (èguī)

• Dutch: bijtschildpad (nl)
• Finnish: näykkijäkilpikonna (fi)
• German: Alligatorschildkröte (de) f
• Irish: turtar sclamhach m
• Korean: 늑대거북 (neukdaegeobuk)
• Navajo: tsisteeł hashkéhé
• Ojibwe: mikinaak
• Polish: skorpucha jaszczurowata f
• Portuguese: tartaruga-mordedora f
• Russian: кайма́новая черепа́ха (ru) f (kajmánovaja čerepáxa)
• Spanish: tortuga mordedora

References

• snapping turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “snapping turtle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.