Oaxaca mud turtle

English

Etymology

From Oaxaca (“polity of Mexico”) +‎ mud turtle (“Kinosternon sp.”), a calque of translingual Kinosternon oaxacae.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /wəˈhæ.kə mʌd ˈtɝtl̩/

Noun

Oaxaca mud turtle (plural not attested)

  1. A Mexican mud turtle of species Kinosternon oaxacae.
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