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softshelled turtle

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soft-shelled turtle

–noun
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.

Origin:
1765–75
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