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Definition of Cheloniidae
1. Noun. Green turtles; hawksbills.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Chelonia, Order Chelonia, Order Testudinata, Order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines
Member holonyms: Chelonia, Genus Chelonia, Caretta, Genus Caretta, Genus Lepidochelys, Lepidochelys, Eretmochelys, Genus Eretmochelys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheloniidae
Literary usage of Cheloniidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"194) referring it definitely to the Cheloniidae. Nothing is known of this genus
except the shell, the humerus, the ulna, femur, tibia, and some phalanges. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Like Dr. Case, he regarded it as having been derived from the Cheloniidae,
differing from the others in having become more highly specialized for aquatic ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"1 As I stated above, the marine ancestors of the Cheloniidae must have had a
pelvis more or less like the Chelydridae: from such a form the ..."
4. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"... was already well advanced in the line towards the modern Cheloniidae ...
and the Cheloniidae, but that the relationship is much closer to the last-named ..."
5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... size the largest species of true marine turtles (Cheloniidae), and are equally
good for food. Amphibia.—The Neotropical region possesses representatives ..."
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