chicken turtle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An uncommon freshwater turtle, of species Deirochelys reticularia, found in the southeast of the United States, similar in appearance to the eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), but with an unusually long, striped neck, a yellow stripe on each of its legs and a net-like pattern on its carapace.
    — ‘I've a chicken-turtle, which promises well—the first I've received this season, from what I call my West-Indian farm […].’

词形变化

chicken turtles plural

词源

After the chicken-like flavor of its meat.
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