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Amyda
Amyda is a genus of softshell turtles in the Trionychidae family. It contains these species:
- Amyda cartilaginea - Asiatic softshell turtle
- Amyda gregaria <!-- †
† = extinct -->
Usage examples of "amyda".
In his chivalrous romances he writes approvingly of the wise Amydas, King of Amydoine, who, learning that one of his enemies, the Sire de Morcellet, has been taken in battle and held to ransom, cries out that he is the vilest of traitors, ransoms him with good coins of the realm, and hands him over to the provost of the town and the officers of his council that they may execute justice upon him.