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FAMILY CHELONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Chelonidae mean?
• FAMILY CHELONIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CHELONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. green turtles; hawksbills
Familiarity information: FAMILY CHELONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Green turtles; hawksbills
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae
Hypernyms ("family Chelonidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "family Chelonidae"):
Chelonia; genus Chelonia (green turtles)
Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)
genus Lepidochelys; Lepidochelys (ridleys)
Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)
Holonyms ("family Chelonidae" is a member of...):
Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines (tortoises and turtles)
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