Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The Testudinata or shield-reptiles; the turtles and tortoises; an order of Reptilia, in which the body is inclosed in a shell consisting of a carapace and a plastron, from between which the head, tail, and four limbs protrude.
- Same as
Chelone , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebræ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See
reptilia ; also,Illust. in Appendix.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tortoises and turtles
- noun green turtles
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Examples
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House, Herbert and Neb were fortunate enough to capture a magnificent specimen of the order of chelonia.
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House, Herbert and Neb were fortunate enough to capture a magnificent specimen of the order of chelonia.
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I thought I could see floating on the surface of the waters enormous chelonia, preadamite tortoises, resembling floating islands.
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This may be accounted for by the fact that Darwin, in the last four editions of the Origin of Species quoted a statement by von Baer to the effect that: “` Embryos of birds, lizards, and snakes, probably also of chelonia are in their earliest states exceeding like one another '”
RECAPITULATION JANE OPPENHEIMER 1968
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A better proof of this latter fact cannot be given than the statement by von Baer that The embryos of mammalia, of birds, lizards, and snakes, probably also of chelonia are in their earliest states exceedingly like one another, both as a whole and in the mode of development of their parts; so much so, in fact, that we can often distinguish the embryos only by their size.
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I thought I could see floating on the surface of the waters enormous chelonia, preadamite tortoises, resembling floating islands.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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Cuvier's four orders of reptilia (sauria, chelonia, and batrachia) are represented in this formation, the serpent order (ophidia) being alone wanting.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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Above this bed lie those which have been called the Wealden, from their full development in the Weald of Sussex; and these as incontestably argue that the dry land forming the dirt-bed had next afterwards become the area of brackish estuaries, or lakes partially connected with the sea; for the Wealden strata contain exuviae of fresh-water tribes, besides those of the great saurians and chelonia.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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The owner of the stall was arrested when the giant green turtles, named chelonia mydas, were found inside his storehouse in Denpasar, chief detective Col. Andi Taqdir Rahmantiro said.
The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (PATTI NICKELL; McClat 2010
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Boothe said green sea turtles (chelonia mydas) are seen off of the Oregon coast and as far north as southern Alaska, however, it is usually in the summer months when the water is a bit warmer.
Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast 2009
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