chicken turtle

noun

1. an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.

Example Sentences

Currently, the alligator snapping turtle, the western chicken turtle, ornate box turtle and three-toed box turtle are protected from commercial harvests, according to the petition.

From Washington Times

Chicken, Turtle Fashion.—This requires a pullet or young hen about six months old.

From Project Gutenberg

The Chicken Turtle or Long-necked Terrapin is found in the southeastern states.

From Project Gutenberg

We had not been long at anchor when the canoe was launched, and a monkey—looking naked old man paddled off, and brought us a most beautiful chicken turtle, some yams, and a few oranges.

From Project Gutenberg

One returned from the East Indies with but a moderate fortune of fifty or sixty thousand pounds, a diminutive nabob: a term borrowed from the chicken turtle.

From Project Gutenberg