Hypernyms for "turtle"

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box tortoise box turtle Chrysemys picta cooter marine turtle mud turtle painted terrapin painted tortoise painted turtle pancake turtle Pseudemys concinna Pseudemys rubriventris Pseudemys scripta red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle redbelly river cooter sea turtle slider snapping turtle soft-shelled turtle terrapin tortoise yellow-bellied terrapin
What are hypernyms?

Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.

Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.

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