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Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.
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A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
a.
Having cheliform claws, like a crab.
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A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.
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An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
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Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
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The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.
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One of the Chelonia.
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The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.
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A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.
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A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.
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of Chela
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A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.
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A claw. See Chela.
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A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.
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Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.
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Same as Cheliferous.
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of Chelicera
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An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, 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.
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Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians.
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