CHELONIAN REPTILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chelonian reptile mean? 

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

1. a reptile of the order Chelonia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHELONIAN REPTILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile of the order Chelonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chelonian; chelonian reptile

Hypernyms ("chelonian reptile" 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 reptile"):

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

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

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