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Definition of Box turtle
1. Noun. Chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Genus Terrapene, Terrapene
Specialized synonyms: Terrapene Ornata, Western Box Turtle
Definition of Box turtle
1. Noun. A turtle of the genus ''Terrapene'' (the North American box turtles), or of ''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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Box Turtle
Literary usage of Box turtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Brown or black with yellow, radiating spots. PAINTED box turtle, C. ... LARGE BOX
TURTLE, C. major. b. Hind foot with three claws. Distribution. ..."
2. Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8 by JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph J. Fletcher (2001)
"Let's take a look at box turtle at Long Pond by William T. George. (Read the book.)
What did you learn about box turtles? (Discuss. ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"JWP Jenks. from under the skin of the back of the neck, close to the shell of
the box-turtle (Ciuf«if» Carolina). The turtle was collected at Middleboro, ..."
4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"This is followed by the musk turtle, the painted and the geographic turtle, Bland-
ing's turtle and finally the box turtle. The highest degree of protection ..."
5. Report (1904)
"box turtle. There are 2 specimens in the Olivet college museum, which were in a
large can with specimens of chrysemys and other local reptiles and were ..."
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