Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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