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side-necked turtle Antonyms

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A freshwater turtle belonging to the suborder Pleurodira, characterized by its method of folding its neck horizontally sideways under the rim of its shell to protect its head, natively found in the Southern Hemisphere across South America, Africa, and Australia.

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"During our visit to the herpetology exhibit, the zoologist explained that the African helmeted turtle is a type of cryptodire."

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pleurodire
terrapin
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