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side-necked turtles

side-necked turtles is the plural of side-necked turtle.

Meaning of side-necked turtle

Noun

side-necked turtle (plural side-necked turtles)

  1. Any turtle of the suborder Pleurodira, characterised by protecting its head by turning it to one side rather than, as hidden-neck turtles do, withdrawing it into its shell.
    • As we scan the Gaelian shore we see large side-necked turtles sunning themselves.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 29

Questions about side-necked turtles

What is side-necked turtles the plural of?
Side-necked turtles is the plural of side-necked turtle.

Words near side-necked turtles in the dictionary

  1. side-lobes
  2. side-lock
  3. side-locks
  4. side-neck
  5. side-necked turtle
  6. side-necked turtles
  7. side-necks
  8. side-netting
  9. side-parting
  10. side-post
  11. side-posted

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