chicken terrapin
noun
variants
or chicken tortoise
or chicken turtle
1
: a small or medium-sized edible aquatic turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) of the southern Atlantic states having a long snakelike neck and an elongated carapace marked with a network of yellow lines
2
: the young of the green turtle
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“Chicken terrapin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20terrapin. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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