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Meanings of Chelonia in English

Catalan
quelonis
Spanish
testudinata

Tortoises and turtles.

quelonis
Catalan
genus chelonia
Spanish
chelonia

Green turtles.

genus chelonia
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Usage of Chelonia in English
1
At the present day the Chelonia alone include oceanic, fresh-water, and terrestrial forms.
Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
2
Turtles and tortoises belong to the order known as Chelonia.
Pathfinder; or, The Missing Tenderfoot
3
The turtle-group (Chelonia) makes its appearance in the Triassic and thrives in the Jurassic.
The Story of Evolution
4
Or to turn to the higher Vertebrata-inwhat sense are the Liassic Chelonia inferior to those which now exist?
Lectures and Essays
5
CHELONIA.-Anorder of Reptiles including the Turtles, Tortoises, etc.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
6
The numerous relics of chelonia prove the existence of numbers of the turtle tribe in the North Sea.
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
7
I thought I could see floating on the surface of the waters enormous chelonia, pre-adamite tortoises, resembling floating islands.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
Frequent collocations
Translations for Chelonia
Chelonia through the time