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three-toed box turtle

three-toed box turtle noun: terrapene triunguis, a species of box turtle that is native to the United States.

three-toed box turtle: terrapene triunguis, a species of box turtle that is native to the United States
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Noun

three-toed box turtle (plural three-toed box turtles)

  1. Terrapene triunguis, a species of box turtle that is native to the United States.

Forms of three-toed box turtle

pluralthree-toed box turtles

Questions about three-toed box turtle

What does three-toed box turtle mean?
Three-toed box turtle means terrapene triunguis, a species of box turtle that is native to the United States.
What part of speech is three-toed box turtle?
Three-toed box turtle is a noun.
What is the plural of three-toed box turtle?
The plural of three-toed box turtle is three-toed box turtles.

Words near three-toed box turtle in the dictionary

  1. three-thousanders
  2. three-thousandth
  3. three-tiered
  4. three-time loser
  5. three-time losers
  6. three-toed box turtle
  7. three-toed box turtles
  8. three-toed sloth
  9. three-toed sloths
  10. three-toed woodpecker
  11. three-toed woodpeckers

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