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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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