order testudines

1. 1.

   tortoises and turtles

   SynonymsCheloniaorder CheloniaTestudinataorder TestudinataTestudines

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofAnapsida

Questions about order testudines

What does order testudines mean?

order testudines means "tortoises and turtles".

What is another word for order testudines?

Close synonyms include Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is order testudines a common word?

order testudines is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.