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English-Thai Dictionary

snapping

N อย่างยิ่ง เด่นชัด

snapping turtle

N เต่า น้ำจืด tao-nam-juad

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNAPPING

SNAPPING Snap "ping,

Defn: a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. -- Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a ) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina ) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b ) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.

New American Oxford Dictionary

snapping turtle

snap ping tur tle ▶noun a large American freshwater turtle with a long neck and strong hooked jaws. [Family Chelydridae: two North American species, the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina ) and the larger alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii ).]

Oxford Dictionary

snapping turtle

snap |ping tur ¦tle ▶noun a large American freshwater turtle with a long neck and strong hooked jaws. ●Family Chelydridae: Chelydra serpentina and the alligator snapper.