Soft-shelled Turtle (Noun)
Meaning
Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The soft-shelled turtle, despite its size, can deliver painful bites that leave long-lasting scars.
- Aquarists must handle soft-shelled turtles carefully, taking care not to get bitten by their extremely sharp jaws.
- Wildlife experts were concerned that the non-native soft-shelled turtles were rapidly spreading throughout the area.
- Local residents complained that the population of soft-shelled turtles was destroying local fishing industries by consuming too much of the local aquatic wildlife.
- After discovering that a few individuals were selling exotic pets online, animal control found and seized over 100 smuggled soft-shelled turtles from various endangered species.