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Chelydridae

noun

snapping turtles

• Syn: ↑family Chelydridae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chelonia, ↑order Chelonia, ↑Testudinata, ↑order Testudinata, ↑Testudines, ↑order Testudines

• Member Meronyms: ↑snapping turtle, ↑Chelydra, ↑genus Chelydra, ↑Macroclemys, ↑genus Macroclemys

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\\kəˈlidrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Chelydra, type genus + -idae

: a family of large powerful freshwater turtles of No. America and Central America including the snapping turtles (sense 1) and the alligator turtle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.