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Webster 1913 Edition
Chelonia
‖
Che-lo′ni-a
(kē̍-lō′nĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
χελώνη
a tortoise.] (Zool.)
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebræ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See
Reptilia
; also, Illust. in Appendix. Definition 2024
Chelonia
Chelonia
See also: chelonia
Translingual
Chelonia mydas
Proper noun
Chelonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cheloniidae – the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Reptilia - class; Parareptilia - stem; Procolophonomorpha - stem; Procolophonia - stem; Pareiasauroidea - stem; Pareiasauria - stem; Testudines - order; Cryptodira - suborder; Chelonioidea - superfamily; Cheloniidae - family; Cheloniinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chelonia mydas - sole species
Derived terms
- Chelonii
chelonia
chelonia
See also: Chelonia
Latin
Noun
chelōnia f (genitive chelōniae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chelōnia | chelōniae |
| genitive | chelōniae | chelōniārum |
| dative | chelōniae | chelōniīs |
| accusative | chelōniam | chelōniās |
| ablative | chelōniā | chelōniīs |
| vocative | chelōnia | chelōniae |
References
- chelonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chelonia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.