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Definition of Family Emydidae
1. Noun. Box and water turtles.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Chelonia, Order Chelonia, Order Testudinata, Order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines
Member holonyms: Terrapin, Genus Malaclemys, Malaclemys, Genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys, Genus Terrapene, Terrapene, Chrysemys, Genus Chrysemys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Emydidae
Literary usage of Family Emydidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"1. An undetermined species in the museum of Professor Bel), from the Eocene clay
near Harwich. II. family Emydidae, Fresh-water Tortoises. 2. ..."
2. Medical and Physical Researches; Or, Original Memoirs in Medicine, Surgery by Richard Harlan (1835)
"Cuvier subdivides the genus into such as have two lids, and such as have but one.
We transfer these subdivisions to the family Emydidae. 2nd GENUS. ..."
3. Bibliotheca Zoologica[i]: Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie, welche by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1861)
"... a new genus of freshwater Tortoises, of the family Emydidae. in : Zoolog.
Journ. Vol. 3. 1827. p. 511—513. ..."
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