CHELONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chelonia mean? 

• CHELONIA (noun)
  The noun CHELONIA has 2 senses:

1. green turtles

2. tortoises and turtles

  Familiarity information: CHELONIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHELONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Green turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chelonia; genus Chelonia

Hypernyms ("Chelonia" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Chelonia"):

Chelonia mydas; green turtle (large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup)

Holonyms ("Chelonia" is a member of...):

Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tortoises and turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines

Hypernyms ("Chelonia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Chelonia"):

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 ("Chelonia" is a member of...):

Anapsida; subclass Anapsida (oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms)

Derivation:

chelonian (of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise)