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CHELONIAN REPTILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chelonian reptile mean?
• CHELONIAN REPTILE (noun)
The noun CHELONIAN REPTILE has 1 sense:
1. a reptile of the order Chelonia
Familiarity information: CHELONIAN REPTILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reptile of the order Chelonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chelonian; chelonian reptile
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)
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