emys

Meaning

Noun

  • Any member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises.

Related

Similar words

  • emydian

Origin

  • From the Translingual genus name Emys and its etymon, the Classical Latin emys, from the Ancient Greek ἐμύς.

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