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 Mud n.  Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
 Mud bass Zool., a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note.
 Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease.
 Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
 Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
 Mud crab Zool., any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus.
 Mud dab Zool., the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab.
 Mud dauber Zool., a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
 Mud devil Zool., the fellbender.
 Mud drum Steam Boilers, a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal.
 Mud eel Zool., a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States.  It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs.  See Siren.
 Mud frog Zool., a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
 Mud hen. Zool. (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail.
 Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang]
 Mud minnow Zool., any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi.  The genus is allied to the pickerels.
 Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
 Mud puppy Zool., the menobranchus.
 Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.]
 Mud turtle, Mud tortoise Zool., any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
 Mud wasp Zool., any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc.  The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva.  Called also mud dauber.

 Snap·ping a. & n. from Snap, v.
 Snapping beetle. Zool. See Snap beetle, under Snap.
 Snapping turtle. Zool. (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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 Tri·on·yx n.  Zool. A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin.  They are noted for their agility and rapacity.  Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
 Note: ☞ The common American species (Trionyx ferox syn. Aspidonectus ferox) becomes over a foot in length and is very voracious.  Similar species are found in Asia and Africa.
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 mud turtle
      n : bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of
          North America and Central America