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Definition of Terrapin

1. Noun. Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.

Definition of Terrapin

1. n. Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.

Definition of Terrapin

1. Noun. any of several North American turtles, of the family ''Emydidae'', that live in fresh or brackish water ¹

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Definition of Terrapin

1. a North American tortoise [n -S]

Medical Definition of Terrapin

1. Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. Alternative forms: terapin, terrapen, terrapene, and turapen. The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys acebra) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also potter, slider, and redfender), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin (Malaclemmys palustris), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle. Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus Cinosternon. Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See Painted. Speckled terrapin, a small fresh water American terrapin (Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round yellow spots. Synonym: spotted turtle. Origin: Probably of American Indian origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Terrapin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"terrapin WAR HUZZA for our liberty, boys, These are the days of our glory — The days of true national joys. When terrapins gallop before ye! ..."

2. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"terrapin, in the order of dishes, precedes the duck at the table. In Baltimore it is a great ... The seven-inch terrapin averages four pounds in weight. ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"A.ny of the gall-bladder would give bitter flavor to the, dish. The liver, small intestines, and eggs are used with the meat. Washington terrapin. ..."

4. Annual Report (1903)
"The old wooden stairway leading from the bluff overlooking Horseshoe Falls to terrapin Bridge has been removed, and in its stead an inclined pathway has ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"terrapin, a name commonly applied to several species of land tortoises, but in the I nited States generally limited to the ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"terrapin, a name commonly applied to several species of land tortoises, but in the United States generally limited to the few freshwater species of the ..."

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