| soft-shelled turtle | (n) voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites, Syn. pancake turtle |
| 団亀 | [どんがめ, dongame] (n) (arch) (See 鼈) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼈 | [すっぽん;スッポン, suppon ; suppon] (n) (uk) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼈甲;べっ甲 | [べっこう, bekkou] (n) (1) (See 玳瑁) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (2) (See 鼈) (in Chinese medicine) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) [Add to Longdo] |