Phrase Hound found 77 phrases and 3 compound words that contain turtles. The most common are listed below. Open turtles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 77
- sea turtlesplural of sea turtle
- Ancient and Honorable Order of TurtlesA humorous and informal global fraternity that originated as a social drinking club for pilots during World War II.
- American Turtlesplural of American Turtle: Any turtle species native to North America, encompassing both aquatic and terrestrial types.
- box-turtlesplural of box-turtle: A turtle of the genera Terrapene (the North American box turtles), Cuora, or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell …
- green turtlesplural of green turtle: A green sea turtle (Chelonia spp.).
- map turtlesplural of map turtle: Any freshwater turtle of genus Graptemys
- mock turtlesplural of mock turtle: mock turtle soup
- mud turtlesplural of mud turtle: Any of the genus Kinosternon of small aquatic turtles of the Americas.
- painted turtlesplural of painted turtle: A common American freshwater turtle (Chrysemys picta), with red, orange and yellow markings.
- pond turtlesplural of pond turtle: A turtle of the genera of the Emydidae family.
- river turtlesplural of river turtle: Any marine turtle that inhabits rivers.
- musk turtlesplural of musk turtle: A turtle of the genus Sternotherus, endemic to North America.
- snapping turtlesplural of snapping turtle: Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.
- green sea turtlesplural of green sea turtle: Any of species Chelonia mydas of large sea turtles, the only species of the genus Chelonia.
- soft-shell turtlesplural of soft-shell turtle: Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.
- side-necked turtlesplural of side-necked turtle: Any turtle of the suborder Pleurodira, characterised by protecting its head by turning it to one side rather than, as hidden-neck turtles do, withdrawing it into its shell.
- softshell turtlesplural of softshell turtle: Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.
- soft-shelled turtlesplural of soft-shelled turtle: Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.
- hawksbill turtlesplural of hawksbill turtle: A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).
- olive ridley sea turtlesplural of olive ridley sea turtle: Lepidochelys olivacea, a species of sea turtle
- loggerhead sea turtlesplural of loggerhead sea turtle: A large, carnivorous marine turtle, Caretta caretta, found in warm seas
- turtles all the way downA situation of infinite regress; a circular explanation or model.
- pignose turtlesplural of pignose turtle: The Australasian pig-nose turtle (Carettochelys insculpta).
- I like turtlesUsed as a non sequitur to express indifference or ignorance towards a topic.
- chicken-turtlesplural of chicken-turtle
Compound words 3
- turtlesoupAlternative form of turtle soup: A soup or stew made from the meat of turtles.
- seaturtlesplural of seaturtle
- turtleshellsplural of turtleshell: Patterned like the shell of a turtle.