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TESTUDINES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Testudines mean?
• TESTUDINES (noun)
The noun TESTUDINES has 1 sense:
1. tortoises and turtles
Familiarity information: TESTUDINES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tortoises and turtles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines
Hypernyms ("Testudines" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Testudines"):
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 ("Testudines" is a member of...):
Anapsida; subclass Anapsida (oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms)
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