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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
     1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As idle as a painted ship
              Upon a painted ocean.                 --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
        turtle; painted bunting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly
        ({Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
  
     Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
        ({Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually
        bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
        Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
        is common in meadows.
  
     Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
  
     Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
        Thistle butterfly.
  
     Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater
        tortoise ({Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
        markings beneath.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
     1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
  
              As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
                                                    --Coleridge.
  
     2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
        turtle; painted bunting.
  
     Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly
        ({Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
  
     Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
        ({Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually
        bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
        Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
        is common in meadows.
  
     Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
  
     Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
        Thistle butterfly.
  
     Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater
        tortoise ({Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
        markings beneath.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  painted turtle
       n : freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings;
           common in the eastern United States [syn: painted
           terrapin, painted tortoise, Chrysemys picta]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  painted turtle
     n.
     A common American freshwater turtle ((taxlink Chrysemys picta
  species)), with red, orange and yellow markings.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  painted turtle
     n.
     A common American freshwater turtle ((taxlink Chrysemys picta
  species)), with red, orange and yellow markings.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  painted turtle
     n.
     A common American freshwater turtle ((taxlink Chrysemys picta
  species)), with red, orange and yellow markings.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  painted turtle
     n.
     A common American freshwater turtle ((taxlink Chrysemys picta
  species)), with red, orange and yellow markings.

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