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Noun: soft-shelled turtle
  1. Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
    - pancake turtle

Derived forms: soft-shelled turtles

Type of: turtle

Part of: family Trionychidae, Trionychidae

Encyclopedia: Soft-shelled turtle