snapping turtle

• snapping-turtle

snapping turtle (plural snapping turtles)

1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.

• snapper

• alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
• Australian snapping turtles (Elseya spp.)
• common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
• South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)
• Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)

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