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Webster 1913 Edition

Emydea

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E-myd′e-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.
Emys
a genus of tortoises, L.
emys
a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. [GREEK].]
(Zoöl.)
A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

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