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turtles

 
Noun turtle has 1 sense
  1. turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
    --1 is a kind of
    chelonian, chelonian reptile
    --1 has parts: carapace, shell, cuticle; plastron
    --1 has particulars:
     sea turtle, marine turtle; snapping turtle; mud turtle; terrapin; red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris; slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta; cooter, river cooter, Pseudemys concinna; box turtle, box tortoise; painted turtle, painted terrapin, painted tortoise, Chrysemys picta; tortoise; soft-shelled turtle, pancake turtle
Verb turtle has 2 senses
  1. capsize, turtle, turn turtle - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"
    --1 is one way to overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
    --2 is one way to
    hunt, run, hunt down, track down
    Derived form: noun turtler1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
turtle species turtledove turtlehead turtleneck turtleneck collar turtlenecked turtlenecks turtler turtles turtling turtore turvy tus tuscaloosa tuscan-like tuscan tuscan order

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