Turtle Anatomy! In this lesson, you will learn a list of parts of a turtle with useful example sentences and ESL pictures to help you expand your vocabulary words.
Table of Contents
Turtle Anatomy
Parts of a Turtle
- Claw
- Costal shell
- Eye
- Front leg
- Head
- Hind leg
- Mandible
- Marginal shell
- Mouth
- Neck
- Nostril
- Tail
- Vertebral shell
Turtle Anatomy with Examples
- Claw
It has three pairs of legs, each ending in a large claw.
- Eye
Will you keep an eye on my daughter for a while?
- Front leg
The horse broke its front leg in the fall.
- Head
The fox’s wiles will never enter the lion’s head.
- Hind leg
The horse’s hind legs had been hobbled.
- Mandible
The lower jaw is called the mandible or mandibular bone.
- Mouth
I didn’t open my mouth until he talked himself out.
- Neck
Jean wore a string of pearls around her neck.
- Nostril
Once he ambled into a nostril of sand, that sneezed and sneezed to expel him.
- Tail
The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
Learn more about parts of a duck in English.
Parts of a Turtle | Infographic
