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sideneck

sideneck is the ellipsis 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

Forms of sideneck

pluralsidenecks
alternative formside-neck

Origin of sideneck

* side + neck

Questions about sideneck

What is sideneck the ellipsis of?
Sideneck is the ellipsis of side-necked turtle.

Words near sideneck in the dictionary

  1. sidemodes
  2. Sidemoor
  3. sidemount
  4. sidemounted
  5. sidemounts
  6. sideneck
  7. sidenecks
  8. Sidener
  9. Sideners
  10. sidenetting
  11. sidenote

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