painted turtle

painted turtle
    n 1: freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings;
         common in the eastern United States [syn: {painted turtle},
         {painted terrapin}, {painted tortoise}, {Chrysemys picta}]
    

Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
   1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
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            As idle as a painted ship
            Upon a painted ocean.                 --Coleridge.
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   2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
      turtle; painted bunting.
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   {Painted beauty} (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly
      ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors,

   {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
      ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually
      bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
      {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
      is common in meadows.

   {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}.

   {Painted lady} (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
      {Thistle butterfly}.

   {Painted turtle} (Zool.), a common American freshwater
      tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow
      markings beneath.
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