slider
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- noun
- /ˈslaɪdər/
- US
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tortuga de agua dulce
- Yellow-bellied sliders have been out basking in numbers.
- red-eared slider
- slider turtle
- eared slider
Sorry, I'm saying I can't be talking right when I'm saying I had red eared, red eared sliders.
- Sorry, I'm saying I can't be talking right when I'm saying I had red eared, red eared sliders.
- And also somebody wrote, hey, the picture you showed was a red eared slider and they wrote, I owned a reddier slider and those can scoot.
Examples
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I grew up with dogs, had a goldfish that I won at my preschool fair, and even had a red-eared slider turtle.
Blog text (21) -
Pond slider turtles living in local ponds were found contaminated with radioactive strontium at levels up to 1,000 times background levels.
Academic text (1990) -
I'll bet you five dollars that's a red-eared slider.
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Red-eared slider.
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Lillian's fascination with turtles began at age nine when she received a red-eared slider as a pet.
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Most of them were water turtles called red-eared sliders.
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Red-eared slider turtles sunned themselves on the diving board, and an enormous frog lived in the filter box.
Synonyms
A freshwater turtle often kept and sold as a pet
A freshwater turtle with a yellow belly often kept as a pet
A group of freshwater turtles from North America, like red-bellied terrapins
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slider comes from the verb slide, because these turtles often 'slide' quickly off rocks into the water when someone approaches, so the name points to their quick sliding habit.