Chelonia

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·pl An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. ·see Reptilia; also, ·Illust. in Appendix.

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