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Definition of Genus Chelonia
1. Noun. Green turtles.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, Family Chelonidae, Family Cheloniidae
Member holonyms: Chelonia Mydas, Green Turtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chelonia
Literary usage of Genus Chelonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"The genus Chelonia is synonymous with Arctia of Schrank ; the latter name is
generally adopted by British entomologists from its priority : the term ..."
2. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"Nozawa writes me that the Pacific loggerhead occasionally straggles to Yezo.
Genus CHELONIA" Latreille. 1800. Chelonia BRONGNIART, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris. ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"The genus Chelonia is synonymous with Arctia of Schrank ; the latter name is
generally adopted by British entomologists from its priority : the term ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Chelonia contains the Green Turtles. The Green Turtle, C. mydas,
Schw., of the warm parts of the Atlantic coast of America, attains a weight of ..."
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