yuán​yú

soft-shelled turtle

  1. giant softshell turtle
    a species of large soft-shell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) found in fresh water, with a rounded dark-green carapace covered in small tubercles
  2. nounverb
    aquatic animal
    used in the names of various aquatic or water-dwelling animals that are not biologically fish, such as 鲍鱼 bào​yú (abalone), 鳄鱼 è​yú (crocodile), or 章鱼 zhāng​yú (octopus)