Hyphenation of terrapin

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word terrapin? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ter-rapin

Definitions of terrapin:

1.	Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

Synonyms of terrapin:

noun	turtle

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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