Snapping Turtle

Definition: Snapping Turtle

Snapping Turtle

Noun

1. Large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws.

Crosswords: Snapping Turtle

English words defined with "snapping turtle": Alligator terrapin. (references)

Commercial Usage: Snapping Turtle

Domain	Title
Books	The life cycle of a snapping turtle (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Snapping Turtle

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Photo Album: Snapping Turtle

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	A baby snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina.). Credit: America's Coastlines.		The Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, is easily confused with the alligator snapping turtle. Considered ill-tempered, they feed on invertebrates, fish, reptiles, carrion, etc. and a surprising amount of vegetation. These turtles trapped in the fresh and brackish waters of bay tributaries and sold to restaurants for use in soups and stews. Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Snapping Turtle

Expressions using "snapping turtle": alligator snapping turtle ♦ common snapping turtle. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snapping Turtle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
snapping turtle	1,338	eat snapping turtle	9
alligator snapping turtle	165	pet snapping turtle	8
picture of snapping turtle	72	pic snapping turtle	8
eggs snapping turtle	60	food snapping turtle	7
common snapping turtle	28	trapping snapping turtle	7
snapping turtle trap	23	alligator sale snapping turtle	6
baby snapping turtle	22	sale snapping turtle	5
alligator picture snapping turtle	17	info snapping turtle	5
eastern snapping turtle	17	clean snapping turtle	5
snapping turtle recipe	14	florida snapping turtle	5
ohio snapping turtle	13	egg incubation snapping turtle	5
gestation snapping turtle	11	diet snapping turtle	5
cleaning snapping turtle	11	michigan snapping turtle	4
common picture snapping turtle	11	incubation snapping turtle	4
catching snapping turtle	11	egg laying snapping turtle	4
care snapping turtle	10	fact snapping turtle	4
photo snapping turtle	10	cooking snapping turtle	4
catch snapping turtle	9	reproduction snapping turtle	4
gestation period snapping turtle	9	eggs hatching snapping turtle	4
information snapping turtle	9	hunting snapping turtle	4
		bite snapping turtle	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snapping Turtle

Language		Translations for "snapping turtle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		alligátorteknős (snapper). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		鼈 (mud turtle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すっぽ�" (mud turtle). (various references)

Pig Latin		appingsnay urtletay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Snapping Turtle

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Chelydra serpentina. (various references)
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Anagrams: Snapping Turtle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-n-n-p-p-r-s-t-t-u"
	-3 letters: interplants, patternings, preplanting, splattering, spluttering, supplanting, trapnesting, unstartling, unstrapping.
	-4 letters: astringent, entrapping, entrusting, granulites, interplant, lustrating, lutestring, neutralist, parentings, patterning, peninsular, plastering, pleasuring, prenuptial, prepasting, pretasting, replanting, resaluting, sauntering, septupling, spattering, sprattling, sputtering, supergiant, supplanter, unpleasing, unsettling, unstepping, upstarting.
	-5 letters: auntliest, gannister, gantlines, gauntlets, gauntries, gnarliest, granulite, graplines, gunpapers, instanter, insurgent, integrals, interlaps.
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