potamian

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ποτᾰ́μιος (potámios, “of or from a river”), from ποτᾰμός (potamós, “river”).

Noun

potamian (plural potamians)

  1. (zoology) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for potamian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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