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Definition of Family chelydridae
1. Noun. Snapping turtles.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Chelonia, Order Chelonia, Order Testudinata, Order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines
Member holonyms: Snapping Turtle, Chelydra, Genus Chelydra, Genus Macroclemys, Macroclemys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Chelydridae
Literary usage of Family chelydridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1904)
"As the fossil of Gafsa is not alike to. any of those of this family Chelydridae
till now known, is provisionally referred to a new genus ..."
2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"The Common Snapping Turtle belongs to the family Chelydridae of the order of the
Chelonia or the Turtles; and it may be pointed out that the comparatively ..."
3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"Type in the American Museum of Natural History. The Port Kennedy specimens are
in the Philadelphia Academy. Family CHELYDRIDAE. Genus CHELYDRA Schweigger. ..."
4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1906)
"Type in the American Museum of Natural History. The Port Kennedy specimens are
in the Philadelphia Academy. Family CHELYDRIDAE. Genus CHELYDRA Schweigger. ..."
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