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Definition of Painted tortoise
1. Noun. Freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Chrysemys, Genus Chrysemys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painted Tortoise
Literary usage of Painted tortoise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Vermont: Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts, with an by Zadock Thompson (1853)
"... TORTOISE. painted Tortoise is first hatched it is very thin and nearly circular,
and the color of the sternum deep red. As it grows the back becomes ..."
2. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Shell of the painted tortoise. Emys picta. 1487. Shell of the painted tortoise.
Emys picta. 1488. Shell of the painted tortoise. Emys picta. 1489. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"The painted tortoise swims with swiftness, and walks slowly. ... The painted
tortoise of Hermann and Gmelin is certainly the same species ; but they have ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"The painted tortoise has the flattest back; ... Those bright-red marks on the
marginal scales of the painted tortoise remind me of some Chinese or other ..."
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