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Definition of Chelydra serpentina

1. Noun. Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelydra Serpentina

Literary usage of Chelydra serpentina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Darwinism Illustrated: Wood-engravings Explanatory of the Theory of Evolution by George John Romanes (1892)
"B, anterior limb of chelydra serpentina. (After Gegenbaur). U and R, bones of the fore-arm; I to V, fully differentiated bones of the hand, following those ..."

2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"chelydra serpentina Agassiz, 1857, Cent, to Nat. Hist, of US of America, ... chelydra serpentina Cope, 1869, Synop. Ext. Batr. Rept, and Aves NA, Trans. ..."

3. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"The Port Kennedy specimens are in the Philadelphia Academy. Family CHELYDRIDAE. Genus CHELYDRA Schweigger. chelydra serpentina (Linne). ..."

4. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1836)
"It is necessary to bear in mind that the skeleton of chelydra serpentina, ... The chelydra serpentina is strictly and exclusively an American form. ..."

5. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Effects of a sudden increase in natural mortality of adults on a population of the common snapping turtle (chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool. 69:1314-1320. ..."

6. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Testudo serpentina, Linnaeus, 1758, 64., ed. x, 199 ; chelydra serpentina, Schweigger, 1814, 88, 24; Agassiz, 1857, 4, i, 417, and ii, pi. iv, figs. ..."

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