Alabama terrapin

noun

variants or Alabama turtle or less commonly Alabama slider

: a freshwater tortoise (Pseudemys alabamensis) having a range extending from the Gulf coast of Florida to Louisiana

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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