common snapping turtle

1. 1.

   large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite

   SynonymssnapperChelydra serpentina

   Broadersnapping turtle

   Part ofChelydra

Questions about common snapping turtle

What does common snapping turtle mean?

common snapping turtle means "large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite".

What is another word for common snapping turtle?

Close synonyms include snapper, Chelydra serpentina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common snapping turtle a common word?

common snapping turtle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.