A reptile of the order Chelonia.
1 The "superb specimen of a chelonian " was no longer there!
2 There's a moment during this unevenly animated adventure when our chelonian hero finds himself in the care of anti-Vietnam War protesters.
3 The first three wall cases are devoted to the batrachian or Frog fossils; some of the chelonian or Tortoise fossils; and the fossil crocodiles.
4 But turtle, as embracing all chelonians , or, as liberal shepherds call it, "turkle," is unquestionably Cisatlantic.
5 A short caecal diverticulum, comparable with the colic caecum of birds and mammals, is present in many snakes and lizards and in some chelonians .
6 He was not deceived; the noise was produced by innumerable chelonians of all sizes, who were attracted to the islands to lay their eggs.
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