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testudinata
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
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Testudinata is the group of all tetrapods with a true turtle shell . It includes both modern turtles (Testudines) and many of their extinct, shelled relatives (stem-turtles). Though it was first coined as the group containing turtles by Klein in 1760, it ...