Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Testudinata"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Testudinata \Tes*tu`di*na"ta\, n. pl. [Nl. See {Testudo}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Testudinata
n : tortoises and turtles [syn: {Chelonia}, {order Chelonia}, {Testudinata},
{order Testudinata}, {Testudines}, {order Testudines}]
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