Tortoise

Japanese: tortoise
Tortoise

…There are six species that live on land and five that live in coastal waters in Japan, but some of them are American red-eared sliders that were kept as pets and escaped and settled here. In English, the large ones that live in the sea and a few rivers are called turtles, and the land ones are called tortoises, but in America, turtles are generally called turtles.
[form]
Turtles have a strong skull made up of only a few bones.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tortoise" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…日本には陸に6種,沿岸の海域に5種が生息するが,ほかにペットとして飼われていたアメリカ産アカミミガメ類が脱出して定着したものもある。英名ではおもに海産と少数の川に産する大型のものをturtle,陸産のものをtortoiseと呼ぶが,アメリカでは広くカメ類をturtleとすることが多い。
[形態]
 カメ類の頭骨は堅固で,少数の骨で構成されている。…

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