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Sternotherus
noun
Ster·no·the·rus
Definition of Sternotherus
: a genus of North American turtles of the family Kinosternidae — see musk turtle
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Origin and Etymology of sternotherus
New Latin, from stern- + Greek thairos pivot, axle
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