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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slider  \Slid"er\,  a. 
  See  {Slidder}.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slider  \Slid"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  slides;  especially,  a  sliding  part 
  of  an  instrument  or  machine. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  red-bellied  terrapin  ({Pseudemys  rugosa}). 
  [Local,  U.  S.  ] 
 
  {Slider  pump},  a  form  of  rotary  pump. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  Note:  The  yellow-bellied  terrapin  ({Pseudemys  acebra})  of  the 
  Southern  United  States,  the  red-bellied  terrapin 
  ({Pseudemys  rugosa}),  native  of  the  tributaries 
  Chesapeake  Bay  (called  also  {potter},  {slider},  and 
  {redfender}),  and  the  diamond-back  or  salt-marsh 
  terrapin  ({Malaclemmys  palustris}),  are  the  most 
  important  American  species.  The  diamond-back  terrapin 
  is  native  of  nearly  the  whole  of  the  Atlantic  coast  of 
  the  United  States. 
 
  {Alligator  terrapin},  the  snapping  turtle. 
 
  {Mud  terrapin},  any  one  of  numerous  species  of  American 
  tortoises  of  the  genus  {Cinosternon}. 
 
  {Painted  terrapin},  the  painted  turtle.  See  under  {Painted}. 
 
 
  {Speckled  terrapin},  a  small  fresh-water  American  terrapin 
  ({Chelopus  guttatus})  having  the  carapace  black  with  round 
  yellow  spots;  --  called  also  {spotted  turtle}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slider 
  n  1:  someone  who  races  the  luge  [syn:  {luger}] 
  2:  freshwater  turtle  of  United  States  and  South  America; 
  frequently  raised  commercially;  some  young  sold  as  pets 
  [syn:  {yellow-bellied  terrapin},  {Pseudemys  scripta}] 
  3:  a  fastball  that  curves  slightly  away  from  the  side  from 
  which  it  was  thrown 




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