box turtle

English Thesaurus

1. chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly (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	:	terrapene ornata, western box turtle,
definition	:	primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus terrapene, terrapene,
definition	:	box turtles (noun.animal)