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Definition of Order Testudinata
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 Testudinata
Literary usage of Order Testudinata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"order Testudinata auct. ex Shaw 1802. Suborder Pleurodira auct. ex Duméril and
Bibron 1835. Suborder Cryptodira auct. ex Duméril and Bibron 1835. ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"In part ii. of his first volume, above referred to, he divides the order testudinata
into the suborders : 1, ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins, members of the reptilian order Testudinata or
Che- Ionia (qv). To all of the marine and some of the fresh-water species, ..."
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