Mud-turtle

Quick meaning: Mud-turtle is a noun meaning Archaic form of mud turtle.

Meaning

Archaic form of mud turtle.

Example Sentences

The hog is certainly a hog the world over, and, as also natural history teaches, it is certainly a land animal. Here at any rate it is looked at and treated as such, while the treatment it generally receives in the United States would incline one more to believe that it is amphibious and to belong at least to the species of mud-turtles; […]

“[…] I don’t believe it will ever be done!” “I don’t either,” said Marian; “those men work as slow as mud-turtles.” The conversation was taking place at the Elliotts’ dinner-table, and Uncle Charley looked up from his carving to say: “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the slower the mud-turtles are, the longer we shall have our guests with us.[…]”

Word Forms

• mud-turtles

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