WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
soft′-shelled tur′tle, 
  1. Reptilesany of numerous aquatic turtles of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin instead of horny plates.
  • 1765–75

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