- Chelydra serpentina
- Snapping Snap"ping,
a. & n. from {Snap}, v.
[1913 Webster]
{Snapping beetle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Snap beetle}, under {Snap}.
{Snapping turtle}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also {mud turtle}. (b) See {Alligator snapper}, under {Alligator}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
