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chicken turtle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
chick-en -tur-tle
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An uncommon freshwater turtle, of species Deirochelys reticularia, found in the southeast of the United States, similar in appearance to the eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), but with an unusually long, striped neck, a yellow stripe on each of its legs and a net-like pattern on its carapace.

Example Sentences

Etymology

After the chicken-like flavor of its meat.

Inflected Forms

chicken turtles (plural)

Phrases

eastern chicken turtle Florida chicken turtle western chicken turtle

Questions

What does chicken turtle mean?
An uncommon freshwater turtle, of species Deirochelys reticularia, found in the southeast of the United States, similar in appearance to the eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), but with an unusually long, striped neck, a yellow stripe on each of its legs and a net-like pattern on its carapace.
Where does chicken turtle come from?
After the chicken-like flavor of its meat.

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