Musk turtle is the common name given to three genera of aquatic turtles:
- Sternotherus, the musk turtles proper,
- Staurotypus, variously called Mexican, three-keeled or giant musk turtles, and.
- Claudius, the narrow-bridged musk turtle.
Famous quotes containing the word turtle:
“My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;”
—Bible: Hebrew The Song of Solomon (l. II, 10–12)