CHELONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chelonidae mean? 

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

1. green turtles; hawksbills

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHELONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Green turtles; hawksbills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Chelonidae"):

Chelonia; genus Chelonia (green turtles)

Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)

genus Lepidochelys; Lepidochelys (ridleys)

Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)

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

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