Chelonoidis
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”) + -oid + -is
Proper noun
Chelonoidis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – certain tortoises.
Usage notes
- The gender of this genus has most frequently been considered feminine, but recent works have treated it as correctly masculine. The common older names of the species affected are Chelonoidis carbonaria, Chelonoidis denticulata, †Chelonoidis nigra, †Chelonoidis phantastica. By similar reasoning arguably Chelonoidis vicina should be Chelonoidis vicinus (see vicinus and vicina).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata – subclass; Testudines – order; Cryptodira – suborder; Testudinoidea – superfamily; Testudinidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chelonoidis carbonarius - type species; Chelonoidis abingdonii, †Chelonoidis alburyorum, Chelonoidis becki, Chelonoidis chathamensis, Chelonoidis chilensis, †Chelonoidis cubensis, Chelonoidis darwini, Chelonoidis denticulatus, Chelonoidis donfaustoi, Chelonoidis duncanensis, Chelonoidis hoodensis, †Chelonoidis lutzae, †Chelonoidis monensis, †Chelonoidis niger, †Chelonoidis phantastica, Chelonoidis porteri, †Chelonoidis sombrerensis, Chelonoidis vicina - other species
References
Chelonoidis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chelonoidis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chelonoidis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
