Pleurodira
plural noun
Pleu·ro·di·ra
ˌplu̇rəˈdīrə
: an extensive group of freshwater turtles in which the neck cannot be retracted, but is bent laterally beneath the front of the carapace compare matamata
pleurodiran adjective or noun
¦⸗⸗¦dīrən
pleurodire adjective or noun
ˈ⸗⸗ˌdī(ə)r
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from pleur- + -dira (from Greek derē, deirē neck)
- ichthyophagi
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- ichthyophagist
- ichthyophagists
- ichthyophagous
- ichthyopsid
- Ichthyopsida
- ichthyopsidan
- ichthyopsidans
- ichthyopsids
- ichthyopterygia
- Ichthyopterygia
- ichthyopterygium
- Ichthyornis
- ichthyornises
- Ichthyornithes
- Ichthyornithidae
- Ichthyornithiformes
- ichthyosaur
- ichthyosauri
- Ichthyosauria
- ichthyosauriae
- ichthyosaurian
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