Definition
The group of reptiles that includes turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, characterized by a bony shell covering their bodies.
Etymology
From Greek 'chelone' meaning turtle, derived from the ancient root referring to the shelled reptile. The term became the scientific classification name for this entire order of animals.
Kelly Says
Turtles have been around for over 200 million years, making them older than snakes and even T-Rex! The word 'chelonia' is so fundamental in biology that scientists use it to describe an entire evolutionary lineage that survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
chèlonía
che-lo-nee-a
ARالعربية
قشرية
qashriyyah
BNবাংলা
চেলোনিয়া
che-lo-ni-ya
CACatalà
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
CSČeština
chelonia
che-lo-nee-a
DADansk
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
DEDeutsch
Chelonia
che-lo-nee-a
ELΕλληνικά
χελώνια
che-lo-nya
ESEspañol
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
FAفارسی
chelonia
che-lo-ni-a
FISuomi
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
FRFrançais
cheloniens
she-lo-nee-an
GUGU
ચેલોનિયા
che-lo-ni-ya
HAHA
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
HEעברית
צ'לוניה
che-lo-ni-ya
HIहिन्दी
चेलोनीया
che-lo-nee-ya
HUMagyar
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
IDBahasa Indonesia
chelonia
che-lo-ni-a
IGIG
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
ITItaliano
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
KKKK
chelonia
che-lo-nee-a
MRMR
चेलोनीया
che-lo-nee-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
MYမြန်မာ
chellonia
che-lo-nee-a
NLNederlands
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
NONorsk
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
PAPA
ਚੇਲੋਨੀਆ
che-lo-nee-ya
PLPolski
chelonia
che-lo-nee-a
PTPortuguês
chelônias
che-lo-nee-as
RORomână
chelonia
che-lo-nee-a
RUРусский
челония
che-lo-ni-ya
SVSvenska
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
SWKiswahili
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
TAதமிழ்
செலோனியா
se-lo-ni-ya
TEతెలుగు
చెలోనియా
che-lo-ni-ya
THไทย
เชลโลเนีย
che-lo-ne-e-ya
TLTL
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
TRTürkçe
chelonia
che-lo-ni-a
UKУкраїнська
челонія
che-lo-ni-ya
URاردو
چلونیا
che-lo-ni-ya
VITiếng Việt
chelonia
ke-lo-ni-a
YOYO
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a
ZUZU
chelonia
ke-lo-nee-a