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Definition of Mud turtle
1. Noun. Bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America.
Group relationships: Genus Kinosternon, Kinosternon
Specialized synonyms: Musk Turtle, Stinkpot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mud Turtle
Literary usage of Mud turtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"We shot all the forenoon, and killed two pariah- dogs, four green parrots sitting,
one kite by the burning-ghaut, one snake flying, one mud-turtle, ..."
2. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"COMMON mud turtle, C. pennsylvanicum. Distribution.—Eastern and Western states.
III. ... MEXICAN mud turtle, C. integrum. Distribution. ..."
3. A Naturalist's Rambles about Home by Charles Conrad Abbott (1884)
"From this simple fact, I believe that they are more strictly nocturnal than the
other mud-turtle just mentioned. Here, again, the subject of color comes to ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"We shot all the forenoon, and killed two pariah- dogs, four green parrots sitting,
one kite by the burning-ghaut, one snake flying, one mud-turtle, ..."
5. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"COMMON mud turtle, C. pennsylvanicum. Distribution.—Eastern and Western states.
III. ... MEXICAN mud turtle, C. integrum. Distribution. ..."
6. A Naturalist's Rambles about Home by Charles Conrad Abbott (1884)
"From this simple fact, I believe that they are more strictly nocturnal than the
other mud-turtle just mentioned. Here, again, the subject of color comes to ..."
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