side-necked turtle
noun1
Any turtle of the suborder Pleurodira, characterised by protecting its head by turning it to one side rather than, as hidden-neck turtles do, withdrawing it into its shell.
- As we scan the Gaelian shore we see large side-necked turtles sunning themselves.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 29:
- Derived terms
- Geoffroy's side-necked turtle, South American side-necked swamp turtle
- Related terms
- snake-necked turtle