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