CHELONIAN REPTILE

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Meaning:

A reptile of the order Chelonia

Synonyms:

chelonian; chelonian reptile

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chelonian reptile" is a kind of...):

anapsid; anapsid reptile (primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chelonian reptile"):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

Holonyms ("chelonian reptile" is a member of...):

Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines (tortoises and turtles)