soft-shell turtle

See also: softshell turtle

English

Noun

soft-shell turtle (plural soft-shell turtles)

1. Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.

Derived terms

• black soft-shell turtle
• Chinese soft-shelled turtle
• Florida softshell turtle
• Nagpur soft-shell turtle
• spiny softshell turtle
• wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle

Translations

Any turtle of the family Trionychidae

• Catalan: tortuga de closca tova f
• Dakota: kezoŋta
• German: Weichschildkröte f
• Irish: turtar blaoscbhog m
• Korean: 자라 (ko) (jara)
• Navajo: chʼééh digháhii bitsʼaʼ yilzhólí
• Serbo-Croatian: mekoštitka f (literally “soft-shield”)
• Thai: ตะพาบ (th) (dtà-pâap)
• Vietnamese: ba ba (vi)