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CHELONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tortoises and turtles
Synonyms:
Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chelonia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Chelonia"):
chelonian; chelonian reptile (a reptile of the order Chelonia)
Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)
Dermochelyidae; family Dermochelyidae (sea turtles)
Chelydridae; family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
family Kinosternidae; Kinosternidae (mud turtles; musk turtles)
Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)
family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)
family Trionychidae; Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)
Holonyms ("Chelonia" is a member of...):
Anapsida; subclass Anapsida (oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms)
Derivation:
chelonian (of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Green turtles
Synonyms:
Chelonia; genus Chelonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Chelonia" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Chelonia"):
Chelonia mydas; green turtle (large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup)
Holonyms ("Chelonia" is a member of...):
Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)
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