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box-turtle

box-turtle is the alternative form of box turtle.

Meaning of box turtle

Noun

box turtle (plural box turtles)

  1. A turtle of the genera Terrapene (the North American box turtles), Cuora, or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators.
    Synonyms:
    box tortoise

Forms of box-turtle

pluralbox-turtles

Questions about box-turtle

What is box-turtle the alternative form of?
Box-turtle is the alternative form of box turtle.

Words near box-turtle in the dictionary

  1. box-ticking
  2. box-to-box midfielder
  3. box-to-box midfielders
  4. box-tree
  5. box-trees
  6. box-turtle
  7. box-turtles
  8. box-whisker plot
  9. box-whiskers plot
  10. boxa
  11. boxable

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