Testudinata

Tes`tu`di`na´ta

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Testudinata - tortoises and turtles                 order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudines, Chelonia animal order - the order of animals Anapsida, subclass Anapsida - oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms chelonian, chelonian reptile - a reptile of the order Chelonia Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae - green turtles; hawksbills Dermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae - sea turtles Chelydridae, family Chelydridae - snapping turtles family Kinosternidae, Kinosternidae - mud turtles; musk turtles Emydidae, family Emydidae - box and water turtles family Testudinidae, Testudinidae - land tortoises family Trionychidae, Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtles