What is a group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example called?
pleuroderes — A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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