Definition of Macroclemys

1. Noun. Includes the alligator snapping turtle.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Macroclemys

Macolytes
Macon
Maconite
Maconites
Macormack
Macormick
Macoun
Macowanites
Macowanites americanus
Macrocephalon
Macrocephalon maleo
Macrocheira
Macrocheira kaempferi
Macroclemys
Macroclemys temmincki
Macrodactylus
Macrodactylus subspinosus
Macrodantin
Macronectes
Macronectes giganteus
Macropodidae
Macropus agiles
Macropus giganteus
Macrorhamphosidae
Macrothelypteris
Macrotis
Macrotis lagotis
Macrotus californicus

Literary usage of Macroclemys

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... closely the carapace of macroclemys. These turtles alone among all living forms, so far as I know, possess a row of three or four epidermal scutes lying ..."

2. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Jaws very strong and hooked. Tail with three series of tubercles above; the lower surface with small scales. macroclemys temminckii, (Troost). ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"60 A Record of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, macroclemys temmincki (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Kansas ROBERT F. CLARKE Division of Biological Sciences, ..."

4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The eggs are numerous and spherical. Three genera are known, each with a single species, and two of these are American. The Genus macroclemys ..."

5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The eggs are numerous and spherical. Three genera are known, each with a single species, and two of these are American. The Genus macroclemys ..."

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