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mud turtle
noun
- any of several small, freshwater turtles of the family Kinosternidae, of North and South America, as the dark-brown Kinosternon subrubrum, of the U.S.
mud turtle
noun
- any of various small turtles of the genus Kinosternon and related genera that inhabit muddy rivers in North and Central America: family Kinosternidae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mud turtle1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Example Sentences
As a child, she often went canoeing and fishing and excelled at mud turtle catch and release.
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So they hurried away, for the gold fish whispered that the mud turtle was always cross when he ate.
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I don't believe the mud turtle is fairy prince, but I don't want to see him hurt.
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The boy finally did take the hook out, not hurting the mud-turtle any more than he could help, for he was not a bad boy.
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Then Alice went right up to the mud turtle and said: "O fairy prince, art thou much hurt?"
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"Maybe you will believe that I am a fairy now," said the mud turtle to Jimmie, and Jimmie said he would.
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