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snapping-turtle

snapping-turtle is the alternative form of snapping turtle.

Meaning of snapping turtle

Noun

snapping turtle (plural snapping turtles)

  1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.
    Synonyms:
    snapper

Forms of snapping-turtle

pluralsnapping-turtles

Questions about snapping-turtle

What is snapping-turtle the alternative form of?
Snapping-turtle is the alternative form of snapping turtle.

Words near snapping-turtle in the dictionary

  1. snapping to
  2. snapping to attention
  3. snapping turtle
  4. snapping turtles
  5. snapping up
  6. snapping-turtle
  7. snapping-turtles
  8. snappingly
  9. snappings
  10. snappish
  11. snappishly

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