box turtle

Synonyms of box turtle

• box tortoise

Forms of box turtle

Words formed from box turtle

• Asian box turtle
• Chinese three-banded box turtle
• Chinese three-striped box turtle
• three-toed box turtle
• amboina box turtle
• Chinese box turtle
• Coahuilan box turtle
• common box turtle
• desert box turtle
• eastern box turtle
• Florida box turtle
• Gulf Coast box turtle
• Indo-Chinese box turtle
• Indochinese box turtle
• keeled box turtle
• McCord's box turtle
• Mexican box turtle
• ornate box turtle
• Pan's box turtle
• spotted box turtle
• three-banded box turtle
• three-lined box turtle
• three-striped box turtle
• western box turtle
• yellow-headed box turtle
• Yucatan box turtle
• Yunnan box turtle
• Zhou's box turtle

Questions about box turtle

What does box turtle mean?

Box turtle means 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.

What part of speech is box turtle?

Box turtle is a noun.

What is the plural of box turtle?

The plural of box turtle is box turtles.