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Cheloniidae

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n.1.a natural family including the green turtles; hawksbills.
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Noun1.Cheloniidae - green turtles; hawksbills
Chelonidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles
Chelonia, genus Chelonia - green turtles
Caretta, genus Caretta - loggerhead turtles
genus Lepidochelys, Lepidochelys - ridleys
Eretmochelys, genus Eretmochelys - hawksbills
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Class Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 Order Testudines Batsch, 1778 Suborder Cryptodira Cope, 1869 [1868] Family Cheloniidae Gray, 1825 Genus Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 Chelonia sp.
Paleocene turtles and crocodilians directly above the ... by Holman, J. Alan / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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