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terrapin (n.)
North American turtle, 1670s, earlier torope (1610s), from an Algonquian source (such as Abenaki turepe, Munsee (Delaware) tolpew "turtle"). Subsequently extended to allied species in South America, East Indies, China, North Africa.
updated on January 20, 2014
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Dictionary entries near terrapin
terra incognita
terrace
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terrain
terran
terrapin
terraqueous
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