Usually means: Small, terrestrial turtle with dome.
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  1. box turtle: Merriam-Webster
  2. box turtle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. box turtle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. box turtle: Vocabulary.com
  5. box turtle: Wordnik
  6. box-turtle, box turtle: Wiktionary
  7. box turtle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. box turtle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Box turtle, box turtle: Dictionary.com
  10. Box turtle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. box turtle: Rhymezone
  12. box turtle: FreeDictionary.org
  13. box turtle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. box turtle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. box turtle: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. box turtle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (box turtle)

▸ noun:  A turtle of the genera Terrapene (the North American box turtles), Cuora, or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators.

Similar:
box tortoise, box-turtle, Asian box turtle, terrapene, turtler, three-toed box turtle, tortle, pond turtle, turtle, tort, more...

Types:
eastern box turtle, western box turtle, ornate box turtle, desert box turtle, more...

Phrases:
western box turtle, Eastern box turtle, Ornate box turtle, Common box turtle, Florida box turtle, more...

Adjectives:
tortoiseshell, softshell, aspic, salamandroid, froggy, tortoise-shell, toadish, basilisk, colubrine, tort, hood

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Similar:
box tortoise, box-turtle, Asian box turtle, terrapene, turtler, three-toed box turtle, tortle, pond turtle, turtle, tort, more...

Types:
eastern box turtle, western box turtle, ornate box turtle, desert box turtle, more...

Phrases:
western box turtle, Eastern box turtle, Ornate box turtle, Common box turtle, Florida box turtle, Desert box turtle, more...

Adjectives:
tortoiseshell, softshell, aspic, salamandroid, froggy, tortoise-shell, toadish, basilisk, colubrine, tort, hood



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