soft-shell turtle

soft-shell turtle

See also: softshell turtle

English

Noun

soft-shell turtle (plural soft-shell turtles)

1. Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.

Derived terms

• black soft-shell turtle
• Chinese soft-shelled turtle
• Florida softshell turtle
• Nagpur soft-shell turtle
• spiny softshell turtle
• wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle

Translations

Any turtle of the family Trionychidae

Catalan: tortuga de closca tova f Dakota: kezoŋta German: Weichschildkröte f Irish: turtar blaoscbhog m Korean: 자라 (ko) (jara) Navajo: chʼééh digháhii bitsʼaʼ yilzhólí Thai: ตะพาบ (th) (dtà-pâap) Vietnamese: ba ba (vi)