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Kinosternidae

noun

mud turtles; musk turtles

• Syn: ↑family Kinosternidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chelonia, ↑order Chelonia, ↑Testudinata, ↑order Testudinata, ↑Testudines, ↑order Testudines

• Member Meronyms: ↑Kinosternon, ↑genus Kinosternon, ↑Sternotherus, ↑genus Sternotherus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈstə(r)nəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Kinosternon, type genus + -idae

: a small family of No. American freshwater turtles comprising the mud turtles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.