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TESTUDINATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Testudinata mean? 

TESTUDINATA (noun)
  The noun TESTUDINATA has 1 sense:

1. tortoises and turtlesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TESTUDINATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tortoises and turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Testudinata"):

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

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


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