terrapin

English Thesaurus

1. any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	turtle,
definition	:	any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	diamondback terrapin, malaclemys centrata,
definition	:	of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	emydidae, family emydidae,
definition	:	box and water turtles (noun.animal)