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Chelonian

noun
1.
A reptile of the order Chelonia.  Synonym: chelonian reptile.






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"Chelonian" Quotes from Famous Books



... glyptodon and armadillo are mammalian; the tortoise is a chelonian, a reptile, distinct classes of the animal kingdom; therefore the latter cannot be a representative ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne

... with an emphasis which takes no account of ameliorating circumstances. The sanguinary ingenuity in the constant slights and stabs to which she is exposed makes her life a martyrdom and finally kills her. "Contempt will pierce the armor of a tortoise," says an oriental proverb; and poor Ragni had no chelonian armor. When her most harmless remarks are misinterpreted and her most generous acts become weapons wherewith to slay her, she loses all heart for resistance, and merely lies down to die. Very subtile and ...
— Essays on Scandinavian Literature • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen



Words linked to "Chelonian" :   Chelonia, Testudines, Testudinata, turtle, order Testudines, order Testudinata, anapsid, order Chelonia, anapsid reptile



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