Oaxaca mud turtle

English

Etymology

From Oaxaca (“polity of Mexico”) +‎ mud turtle (“Kinosternon sp.”), a calque of translingual Kinosternon oaxacae.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /wə.ˈhæ.kə mʌd ˈtɝtl̩/

Noun

Oaxaca mud turtle (plural Oaxaca mud turtles)

1. A Mexican mud turtle of species Kinosternon oaxacae.