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- noun Alternative form of
box turtle .
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Examples
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Gay marriage compared to box-turtle marriage by Senator, Daily Show replies
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Cautiously as the box-turtle of his native heath, the doctor drew away sideways and to the right, with the air of a frustrated burglar coming out from under a bed, and stood up free, one black diagonal shoulder projecting through the grey of his ruined overcoat.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Not between a man and another man, or a box-turtle, wildebeest, ocelot, duck-billed platypus, American eagle, harp seal or any other of God's creatures.
PERRspectives 2010
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Your pet, especially if it's a box-turtle, will need room to stretch and roam.
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What I've just described will work fine as is for a box-turtle.
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