ALL meanings of soft-shelled turtle
soft-shelled turtle
S s - noun soft-shelled turtle any of numerous aquatic turtles of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin instead of horny plates. 1
- noun soft-shelled turtle any freshwater turtle of the family Trionychidae, having a flattened soft shell consisting of bony plates covered by a leathery skin 0
- noun soft-shelled turtle any of a family (Trionychidae) of aquatic turtles of North America, Asia, and Africa, with a soft, oval, leathery shell; esp., a North American genus (Trionyx) common in the Mississippi drainage 0