chicken turtle

See also: chicken-turtle

English

A chicken turtle.

After the chicken-like flavor of its meat.

chicken turtle (plural chicken turtles)

An uncommon freshwater turtle, 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.
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 81:
  ‘I've a chicken-turtle, which promises well—the first I've received this season, from what I call my West-Indian farm […] .’

单词	chicken turtle
释义	chicken turtle See also: chicken-turtle English A chicken turtle. Etymology After the chicken-like flavor of its meat. Noun chicken turtle (plural chicken turtles) An uncommon freshwater turtle, 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. 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 81: ‘I've a chicken-turtle, which promises well—the first I've received this season, from what I call my West-Indian farm […] .’ Derived terms eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia) Florida chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia chrysea) western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) Further reading chicken turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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