terrapin

Example Sentences

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It turned out to be a diamondback terrapin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Tulare Lake expanded each spring as rain and melting snow filled the valley, growing so large that fisherfolk could sail across its surface to catch terrapin for San Francisco restaurants.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2023

He hopped out of his car and lifted the small terrapin by its shell to grassy safety.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

BARNSTABLE, Mass. — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking - with all six of its legs - at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2021

Papa always said that Grandpa was the only honest trader he ever knew that could trade a terrapin out of its shell.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls