terrapene

English Thesaurus

1. box turtles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	box tortoise, box turtle,
definition	:	chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly (noun.animal)

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