terrapin的词源

英文词源

terrapin (n.)

North American turtle, 1670s, earlier torope (1610s), from an Algonquian source (such as Abenaki turepe, Munsee (Delaware) tolpew "turtle"). Subsequently extended to allied species in South America, East Indies, China, North Africa.

中文词源

terrapin：水龟

来自北美印第安土著语 torope,小乌龟。后用于指北美温带江河湖泊的水龟。

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