In pl. emydes. Zool. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἐμύς the fresh-water tortoise.] The ordinary fresh-water tortoise.
1843. Penny Cycl., XXV. 57/2. Certain Emydes … tend to the Sea-tortoises or Turtles … and yet exhibit characters peculiar to themselves.
1873. Geikie, Gt. Ice Age, 492. App., Remains of the elephant … the beaver, the emys … and goats.
