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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
terrapin
terra·pin [terrapin terrapins] BrE [ˈterəpɪn] NAmE [ˈterəpɪn] noun
a small ↑turtle (= a ↑reptile with a hard round shell), that lives in warm rivers and lakes in N America
compare ↑tortoise
Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (denoting the diamondback terrapin): of Algonquian origin.
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