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Noun: painted tortoise
  1. Freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States
    - painted turtle, painted terrapin, Chrysemys picta

Derived forms: painted tortoises

Type of: turtle

Part of: Chrysemys, genus Chrysemys

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painted beauty
painted cup
painted daisy
Painted Desert
painted greenling
painted leaf
painted nettle
painted sandgrouse
painted terrapin
painted tongue
painted tortoise
painted turtle
painted-leaf begonia
painter
painterly
painter's colic
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paintwork
Paipai
pair
pair bond