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Definition of Order Chelonia
1. 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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Chelonia
Literary usage of Order Chelonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"SUPPLEMENT ON THE order Chelonia. THE name of this order is of Greek origin.
XAu'vi? is the name given by Aristotle to the marine tortoise, which is derived ..."
2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"[Order CHELONIA.] This may be called one order, of which I shall at present reckon
two genera, and of which there are many species." The two genera are, ..."
3. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"In most textbooks the order Chelonia is divided into three suborders, the
Pleurodira, the Cryptodira, ..."
4. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"The original is from the Keuper sandstone in Germany. Presented by M. Herman von
Meyer, FGS Order CHELONIA. ..."
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