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Definition of Chelonidae
1. Noun. Green turtles; hawksbills.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Chelonia, Order Chelonia, Order Testudinata, Order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines
Member holonyms: Chelonia, Genus Chelonia, Caretta, Genus Caretta, Genus Lepidochelys, Lepidochelys, Eretmochelys, Genus Eretmochelys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelonidae
Literary usage of Chelonidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"In other words, lie considers them all Chelonidae. ... are in a condition which
by partial reduction can be derived from that of typical Chelonidae. ..."
2. A Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger by Rufane Shaw Donkin (1829)
"... Chelonidae, and all the accounts and maps we have, conduct the river or Nile of
... into the Chelonidae, in such a manner as to identify it with the ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"These open directly upon the petrosal and the upper face of the pterygoid, so
that their enlargement would produce exactly the condition of the Chelonidae ..."
4. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"... but with descending parietal processes. Oligocene ; Germany. Family 3.
Chelonidae. Gray. (Marine Turtles. ..."
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