Category:Snapping

Snap"ping,

Defn: a. & n. from snap, v. Snapping beetle. (zoöl.) See snap beetle, Under snap. -- snapping turtle. (zoöl.) (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.