TURTLE

Pronunciation (US):

• TURTLE (noun)
  The noun TURTLE has 1 sense:

1. any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

  Familiarity information: TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.

• TURTLE (verb)
  The verb TURTLE has 2 senses:

1. overturn accidentally
2. hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

  Familiarity information: TURTLE used as a verb is rare.

• TURTLE (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("turtle" is a kind of...):

chelonian; chelonian reptile (a reptile of the order Chelonia)

Meronyms (parts of "turtle"):

carapace; cuticle; shell; shield (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)

plastron ((zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turtle"):

marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)

tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)

Chrysemys picta; painted terrapin; painted tortoise; painted turtle (freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States)

box tortoise; box turtle (chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly)

cooter; Pseudemys concinna; river cooter (large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico)

Pseudemys scripta; slider; yellow-bellied terrapin (freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets)

Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied terrapin; red-bellied turtle; redbelly (freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell)

terrapin (any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water)

mud turtle (bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America)

snapping turtle (large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws)

pancake turtle; soft-shelled turtle (voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites)

• TURTLE (verb)

Meaning:

Overturn accidentally

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

capsize; turn turtle; turtle

Context example:

Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!

Hypernyms (to "turtle" is one way to...):

overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "turtle" is one way to...):

hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s