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Definition of Trionyx

Trionyx
Trionyx Tri*on"yx, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see Tri-) + ? a claw.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle. Note: The common American species (Trionyx, or Aspidonectus, ferox) becomes over a foot in length and is very voracious. Similar species are found in Asia and Africa.

Meaning of Trionyx from wikipedia

- Trionyx is a genus of softs**** turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but...
- Trionyx kansaiensis is an extinct species of softs**** turtle uncovered from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan and Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan. Vitek, N.S.;...
- Christiansen, James L. (1981). "The Niches of Two Sympatric Turtles, Trionyx muticus and Trionyx spiniferus, in Iowa". Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 303-308...
- Trionyx javanicus may refer to: Asiatic softs**** turtle (Amyda cartilaginea), which has a synonym of Trionyx javanicus. Indian softs**** turtle (Nilssonia...
- "Trionyx" ikoviensis is an extinct species of softs**** turtles which existed in what is now Ukraine during the early Lutetian age of the Eocene epoch...
- Australia. Most species have traditionally been included in the genus Trionyx, but the vast majority have since been moved to other genera. Among these...
- Brongniart, 1805 Trionyx (Aspidonectes) sinensis Wiegmann, 1834 (nomen conservandum) Trionyx ****onicus – Temminck & Schlegel, 1835 Trionyx tuberculatus Cantor...
- and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp. ISBN 0-394-50824-6. (Trionyx ferox, pp. 483–484 + Plates 272, 273). Boulenger, G.A. (1889). Catalogue...
- T. (1981). "The niches of two sympatric softs**** turtles, Trionyx muticus and Trionyx spiniferus, in Iowa". Journal of Herpetology. 15 (3): 303–308...
- "Trionyx" singularis is an extinct species of prehistoric softs**** turtle that inhabited freshwater habitats in interior western North America during...