terrapin
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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
A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin 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 Post • Oct. 13, 2021
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
He barked at me till he got distracted by a big terrapin crawling on the creek bank.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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