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aspidochelones

aspidochelones is the plural of aspidochelone.

Meaning of aspidochelone

Noun

aspidochelone (plural aspidochelones)

  1. A fabled sea creature according to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, variously described as a large whale or vast sea turtle, and a giant sea monster with huge spines on the ridge of its back. It is often mistaken for an island, enticing unwitting sailors and drowning them.

Questions about aspidochelones

What is aspidochelones the plural of?
Aspidochelones is the plural of aspidochelone.

Words near aspidochelones in the dictionary

  1. aspidobranch
  2. aspidobranchs
  3. aspidoceratid
  4. aspidoceratids
  5. aspidochelone
  6. aspidochelones
  7. aspidochirote
  8. aspidochirotes
  9. aspidochirotid
  10. aspidochirotids
  11. aspidodiadematid

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