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Definition of 'emys'English
Alternative forms
* Also with initial capital.
Noun
( emydes)
(lb) Any member of the small (l) genus of freshwater pond tortoises.
* 1843 , XXV, page 57/2:
- Certain Emydes …tend to the Sea-tortoises or Turtles…and yet exhibit characters peculiar to themselves.
* 1873 , , The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man , page 492, Appendix:
- Remains of the elephant…the beaver, the emys …and goats.
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References
* “ ?Emys]” listed on page 136/2 of § 2 (E, ed. (Henry Bradley)) of volume III (D–E, 1897) of [[w:Oxford English Dictionary|A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)
* “ ?emys ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)
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