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Answer for the clue "Snapping turtles ", 8 letters:
chelydra

Word definitions for chelydra in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae , the other being Macrochelys , the much larger alligator snapping turtle . The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with Chelydra having three species , one each ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chelydra \Chelydra\ n. a genus of snapping turtles. Syn: genus Chelydra .

Usage examples of chelydra.

Before night the parties were all in, one detachment bearing the body of the bob-tailed catamount swung over a pole, like the mighty cluster of grapes from Eshcol, and another conveying with wise precaution that monstrous snapping-turtle which those of our friends who wish to see will find among the specimens marked Chelydra, Serpentine in the great collection at Cantabridge.