Usually means: Small, freshwater turtles; often edible.
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  1. terrapins: Merriam-Webster
  2. terrapins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. terrapins: Vocabulary.com
  4. Terrapins, terrapins: Wordnik
  5. terrapins: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. terrapins: Wiktionary
  7. terrapins: Dictionary.com
  8. Terrapins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (terrapin)

noun:  (countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) Any turtle.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) The flesh of such a turtle used as food.
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