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Webster 1913 Edition
Snapping
Snap′ping
,Snapping beetle
. (Zool.)
See
– Snap beetle
, under Snap
. Snapping turtle
. (Zool.)
(a)
A large and voracious aquatic turtle (
Chelydra serpentina
) common in the fresh waters of the United States; – so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle
. (b)
See
Alligator snapper
, under Alligator
.