Usually means: Aquatic turtle with flexible shell.
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  1. soft-shelled turtle: Merriam-Webster
  2. soft-shelled turtle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. soft-shelled turtle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. soft-shelled turtle, soft-shelled turtle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soft-shelled turtle: Vocabulary.com
  6. soft-shelled turtle: Wordnik
  7. soft-shelled turtle: Wiktionary
  8. soft-shelled turtle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. soft-shelled turtle: Dictionary.com
  10. soft-shelled turtle: Rhymezone
  11. soft-shelled turtle: FreeDictionary.org
  12. soft-shelled turtle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. soft-shelled turtle: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See soft-shelled_turtles as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Soft-shelled turtle)

noun:  Alternative form of soft-shell turtle [Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.]

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