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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fresh-water turtles comprising a small species from southeastern Asia, distinguished at a glance by the great size of the head. The body is depressed, the tail long, slender, and covered with square scales. The only known species, P. megalocephalon, is found on the borderland between China and Burma.
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