Definition of Red-bellied terrapin

1. Noun. Freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell.

Exact synonyms: Pseudemys Rubriventris, Red-bellied Turtle, Redbelly
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-bellied Terrapin

recyclizes
recyclizing
red, white and blue
red-backed hawk
red-backed lemming
red-backed mouse
red-backed sandpiper
red-backed shrike
red-baiter
red-baiters
red-baiting
red-banded sand wasp
red-banded sand wasps
red-bellied snake
red-bellied terrapin (current term)
red-bellied turtle
red-berried elder
red-berry
red-black tree
red-blind
red-blindness
red-blooded
red-breasted merganser
red-breasted nuthatch
red-breasted sapsucker
red-breasted snipe
red-brick
red-card
red-carpet

Literary usage of Red-bellied terrapin

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

1. First Report on the Economic Features of Turtles of Pennsylvania by Harvey Adam Surface (1908)
"Red Bellied Terrapin. The Red Bellied Terrapin has been referred to in literature not only by its common name, but also as Potter, Red Bellied Turtle, ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"... by the red-bellied terrapin; it is abundant about Charleston, SC, where it is seen in great numbers in the markets.—The red-bellied terrapin, or potter ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"... abundant about Charleston, SC, where it is seen in great numbers in the markets; the flesh is considered very good.—The red-bellied terrapin or potter ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... by the red-bellied terrapin ; it is abundant about Charleston, SC, where it is seen in great numbers in the markets.—The red-bellied terrapin, or potter ..."

5. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... than that of preceding; olive or black, with reddish cross-bars. Plastron red or deep orange. Edges of jaws strongly serrated. red-bellied terrapin, C. ..."

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