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Definition of Box tortoise
1. Noun. Chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Genus Terrapene, Terrapene
Specialized synonyms: Terrapene Ornata, Western Box Turtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Box Tortoise
Literary usage of Box tortoise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"The anus [cloaca! outlet] is cut off obliquely, so as to form a groove under the
tail. 1 [The shell of this box-tortoise is No. 996, Hunt. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"Three years ago I showed that in the common Eastern box-tortoise ... The Southern
box-tortoise, therefore, appears as the most primitive form of the ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1881)
"Western Box-tortoise. Appears to be rather common at Manhattan, and westward
throughout the State. Its eastern limit has not been definitely ascertained. ..."
4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"box tortoise, tor' tis, or BOX TURTLE, a species of tortoise or turtle found in
North America from Long Island to New Mexico. It has a hard shell above and ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"DESCRIPTION OK A NEW SPECIES OF Box TORTOISE FROM MEXICO. BY JE GRAY, Esa., FRS
ETC. In a collection of reptiles recently received from Mexico are two ..."
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