The third ſervice was made up of a loin of freſh pork with apple-ſauce, a kid ſmothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the ſhell; […]
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Terrapin
//ˈtɛɹəpɪn//
Synonyms for "terrapin" (7 found)
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28 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَمَسَة noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
- رَقّ noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сладководна костенурка noun (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᏓᎦᏏ noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
- ᏓᎩᏏ noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 水龜 /水龟 noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Choctaw
1 entries- luksi noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Czech
2 entries- želva noun (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
- želva noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Danish
1 entries- sumpskildpadde noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Dutch
2 entries- moerasschildpad noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
- specifically the genus doosschildpad noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Finnish
1 entries- suokilpikonna noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
French
1 entries- tortue aquatique noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Irish
1 entries- tiripín noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Italian
1 entries- emide noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Japanese
1 entries- キスイガメ noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Malay
1 entries- labi-labi noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആമ noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sumpskilpadde noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sumpskjelpadde noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Polish
1 entries- terapena noun (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
Portuguese
3 entries- cágado noun (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
- cágado noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
- terrapin noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Spanish
1 entries- terrapene noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Vietnamese
2 entries- rùa ao noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
- rùa đầm noun (any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae)
Sample sentences
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The land-turtle, or terrapin, is much better known at Nice, as being a native of this county; yet the beſt are brought from the iſland of Sardinia. The ſoup or bouillon of this animal is always preſcribed here as a great reſtorative to conſumptive patients.
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The ancient whale-cry [i.e., "town-ho"] upon first sighting a whale from the masthead, still used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin.
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As to the terrapin, I have not so much to say. The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and Virginia, out of which a very rich soup is made. It is cooked with wines and spices, and is served in the shape of a hash, with heaps of little bones mixed through it. […] I must, however, confess that the terrapin for me had no surpassing charms.
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