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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Turtle time
Message-ID: <318@tove.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 18:42:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 18:42:31 1985
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In article <237@gymble.UUCP> fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder) writes:
>
>A terrapin is NOT a turtle, which is NOT a tortoise, and should NOT be
>confused with a mock turtle, nor confused by a sheep in turtle's clothing.
>
>I hope I have made myself perfectly clear.

terrapin, n. [< Algonquian],  1. any of various fresh-water or tidewater
turtles.  2. its edible flesh.

		-- from Webster's New World Dictionary
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Dana S. Nau, Comp Sci Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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