Usually means: Reptile with strong, biting jaws.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word snapping turtle:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. snapping turtle: Merriam-Webster
  2. snapping turtle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. snapping turtle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. snapping turtle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. snapping turtle: Vocabulary.com
  6. snapping-turtle, snapping turtle: Wordnik
  7. snapping-turtle, snapping turtle: Wiktionary
  8. snapping turtle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. snapping turtle: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. snapping turtle: Dictionary.com
  11. Snapping Turtle, Snapping turtle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. snapping turtle: Rhymezone
  13. SNAPPING-TURTLE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  14. snapping turtle: FreeDictionary.org
  15. snapping turtle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. snapping turtle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snapping turtle: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. snapping turtle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Snapping Turtle, The Snapping Turtle: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See snapping_turtles as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (snapping turtle)

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

Similar:
snapping-turtle, snake-necked turtle, alligator snapping turtle, chelid, chelydrid, leaf turtle, cheloniid, chelonid, soft-shell turtle, carettochelyid, more...

Opposite:
smooth turtle, softshell turtle, leatherback turtle

Phrases:
alligator snapping turtle, Common snapping turtle, more...

Adjectives:
sciurine, serpentine, softshell, tortoise-shell, froglike, aspic, tortoiseshell, ranid, didine, tort, phocine

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Similar:
snapping-turtle, snake-necked turtle, alligator snapping turtle, chelid, chelydrid, leaf turtle, cheloniid, chelonid, soft-shell turtle, carettochelyid, more...

Opposite:
smooth turtle, softshell turtle, leatherback turtle

Phrases:
alligator snapping turtle, Common snapping turtle, more...

Adjectives:
sciurine, serpentine, softshell, tortoise-shell, froglike, aspic, tortoiseshell, ranid, didine, tort, phocine



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