Testudines

Thesaurus

Noun

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Testudines - tortoises and turtles                 order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, 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