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Soft-shelled Turtle

Definition: Soft-shelled Turtle

Soft-shelled Turtle

Noun

1. Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Soft-shelled Turtle

Synonym: pancake turtle (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Soft-shelled Turtle

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Chitosan products are relatively new to the market and are gaining greater popularity as are health products comprised of octacoxanol, alkoxyglycerol and soft-shelled turtle. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Soft-shelled Turtle

Language Translations for "soft-shelled turtle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

treklo-skildpadde (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Gangesdrieklauw (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

French

  

trionyx du Gange (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

German

  

Ganges-Weichschildkroete (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τρυώνυξ του "άγγη (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trionice del Gange (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oft-shelledsay urtletay

   

Portuguese

  

tartaruga de casca mole do Ganges (Ganges soft-shelled turtle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Soft-shelled Turtle


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 66 74 2D 73 68 65 6C 6C 65 64      54 75 72 74 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01100110 01110100 00101101 01110011 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01010100 01110101 01110010 01110100 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#102 &#116 &#45 &#115 &#104 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#100 &#32 &#84 &#117 &#114 &#116 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 0066 0074 002D 0073 0068 0065 006C 006C 0065 0064      0054 0075 0072 0074 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5381728615857471787871702548784867871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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