Etymology: Alteration of chelydren. Perhaps a bad spelling of an adjective chelydric.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
= chelydren.
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?1590–1 J. BurelPassage of Pilgremeri, in Poems sig. N Thair wes the Viper, and th' aspect [= aspic], With the serpent Cheliderect, Quhois stink is felt a far.
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