CHELONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chelonian mean? 

• CHELONIAN (noun)
  The noun CHELONIAN has 1 sense:

1. a reptile of the order Chelonia

  Familiarity information: CHELONIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CHELONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective CHELONIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise

  Familiarity information: CHELONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHELONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile of the order Chelonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chelonian; chelonian reptile

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

anapsid; anapsid reptile (primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chelonian"):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

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

Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines (tortoises and turtles)

Derivation:

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

• CHELONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Chelonia (tortoises and turtles)

Derivation:

Chelonia (tortoises and turtles)

chelonian (a reptile of the order Chelonia)