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# terrapin

«terrapin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (terrapins)

### meaning for a pupil

A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a clever small animal, often a trickster, in animal tales

### examples

- The terrapin hid in the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/#x1)
- The terrapin was slow but very clever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/#x2)
- We saw a terrapin sunning itself on a log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «terrapin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.