Associations to the word «Terrapin»

Wiktionary

TERRAPIN, noun. Any of several North American turtles, of the family Emydidae, that live in fresh or brackish water.

Dictionary definition

TERRAPIN, noun. Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope