English noun: soft-shelled turtle | |||
1. | soft-shelled turtle (animal) voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites | ||
Synonyms | pancake turtle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | turtle | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | smooth softshell, spiny softshell, Trionyx muticus, Trionyx spiniferus | ||
Member meronym | family Trionychidae, Trionychidae | ||