side-necked turtle
/ˈsaɪdnekt/noun
1- a freshwater turtle with a relatively long head and neck that is retracted sideways into the shell for defence侧颈龟。
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- Suborder Pleurodira: families Chelidae (South America and Australasia) and Pelomedusidae (South America and southern Africa), and several genera.侧颈龟亚目:(南美和澳大拉西亚的)蛇颈龟科和(南美和非洲南部的)侧颈龟科, 数属。