terrapin

     

A terrapin is a turtle that lives in fresh or brackish water.

Trivia about terrapin

  • This English word comes from a Delaware name for a turtle
  • What we call a turtle may also be a tortoise or this other "T"
  • The Native American word torope gives us this name for a turtle that was a common Native American food
  • Addng a letter to "terrain" turns a tract of land into this turtle

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