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UK
/tʃɛlˈəʊniən/
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ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise
NOUN
- a reptile of the order Chelonia
How To Use chelonian In A Sentence
- Nagana and Surra, the trypanosome of horses in Gambia, a trypanosome of cattle in the Transvaal, the trypanosomiases of the Upper Niger, the trypanosomes of birds, Chelonians, Alphonse Laveran - Biography
- She was the oldest living chelonian and the only living creature to have met Charles Darwin and traveled aboard the Beagle. Steve and Me
- Contempt will pierce the armor of a tortoise," says an oriental proverb; and poor Ragni had no chelonian armor. Essays on Scandinavian Literature
- Over the last 15 years, the focus of Sal's herp interests has been primarily dedicated to chelonian husbandry.
- A second drug that is widely utilized in chelonian medicine is Baytril.
- Among tetrapods, most species of mammals, birds, amphibians, and chelonians are larger at higher latitudes.
- Most studies of the locomotor performance of reptiles have focused on lizards, with chelonians, especially hatchlings and juveniles, being largely overlooked.
- In this article the chelonian fauna of the Portezuelo Formation is described.
- As a chelonian keeper, Chris has worked with several tortoises, and north American freshwater turtles.
- [1] The glyptodon and armadillo are mammalian; the tortoise is a chelonian, a reptile, distinct classes of the animal kingdom; therefore the latter cannot be a representative of the former. Journey to the Interior of the Earth