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  • noun Alternative form of box turtle.

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Examples

  • Gay marriage compared to box-turtle marriage by Senator, Daily Show replies

    Boing Boing: July 18, 2004 - July 24, 2004 Archives 2004

  • 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

  • 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

  • Your pet, especially if it's a box-turtle, will need room to stretch and roam.

    BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2009

  • What I've just described will work fine as is for a box-turtle.

    BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2009

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