snapping turtle
either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
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How to use snapping turtle in a sentence
The hooks on the end of final strokes indicate a tenacious mind that holds on to ideas and opinions as tight as a snapping turtle.
For Presidential Hopefuls, the Handwriting Says It All | Sheila Kurtz | January 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTH-tchoo-tc-knee, the snapping turtle; half-bred and well-educated man.
I never saw anything funnier than those steers and a huge snapping turtle.
Old Rail Fence Corners | VariousJust ahead of us, under a blackberry bush, was a huge snapping-turtle.
The Jonathan Papers | Elisabeth Woodbridge MorrisGilliam shone at cross-examination; he went at Tandy savagely, taking hold like a snapping turtle and hanging on like one.
Back Home | Irvin S. Cobb
Cope says that the Cretaceous of New Jersey alone affords twenty species, one of them a snapping turtle six feet in length.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. Dawson
British Dictionary definitions for snapping turtle
any large aggressive North American river turtle of the family Chelydridae, esp Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle), having powerful hooked jaws and a rough shell: Also called: snapper
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