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Definition of Chelonia
1. Noun. Green turtles.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, Family Chelonidae, Family Cheloniidae
Member holonyms: Chelonia Mydas, Green Turtle
2. Noun. Tortoises and turtles.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Anapsida, Subclass Anapsida
Member holonyms: Chelonian, Chelonian Reptile, Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, Family Chelonidae, Family Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Family Dermochelyidae, Chelydridae, Family Chelydridae, Family Kinosternidae, Kinosternidae, Emydidae, Family Emydidae, Family Testudinidae, Testudinidae, Family Trionychidae, Trionychidae
Derivative terms: Chelonian
Definition of Chelonia
1. n. pl. An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebræ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.
Medical Definition of Chelonia
1. An order of reptiles, embracing the turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, whose bodies are enclosed in a bony shell covered with epidermal scutes and formed dorsally by expanded ribs and ventrally by a sternal plastron. Origin: G. Chelone, a tortoise (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelonia
Literary usage of Chelonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"Combination of these groups with the chelonia leads to some unknown forms ...
Palaeontology does not help us, all the leading, main groups of chelonia ..."
2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"Oray, JK, Notes on the families and genera of Tortoises (Proc. Zool. Soc. vol.
XII. p. 165), 1869.—Hoffmann, C. A'., chelonia, ..."
3. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"chelonia. The shoulder girdle of the chelonia is formed (Rathke) of a triradiate
cartilage on each side, with one dorsal and two ventral limbs. ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1881)
"This part concludes the general and contains the systematic arrangement and
geographical distribution of the chelonia. VAILLANT, L. Sur la disposition des ..."
5. Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1836)
"chelonia. THK order of chelonian Reptiles, which comprises all the tribes of
Tortoises and Turtles, appears to constitute an exception to the general laws ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Gravenhorst,J in 1807, calls the orders: chelonia, Sauria, Ophidia, Batrachia.^
Oppel || opposed the ' Batraciens ' to the other Reptilia, as can be seen ..."
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