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Chelosauria lovelli

Chelosauria lovelli noun: the moha moha.

Noun

Chelosauria lovelli

  1. The moha moha.

Origin of Chelosauria lovelli

Coined by William Saville-Kent, assistant curator at the Natural History Museum in London, who wrote an account of the creature in his book The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (W.H. Allen, London, 1893) based on Miss Lovell's accounts. The name means roughly "[Mister] Lovell's tortoise-lizard". (Reference: Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search of Australia's Mystery Animals, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN.)

Questions about Chelosauria lovelli

What does Chelosauria lovelli mean?
Chelosauria lovelli means the moha moha.
What part of speech is Chelosauria lovelli?
Chelosauria lovelli is a noun.

Words near Chelosauria lovelli in the dictionary

  1. chelonioid
  2. chelonioids
  3. chelonitoxism
  4. chelonochory
  5. chelonology
  6. Chelosauria lovelli
  7. chelotropic
  8. chelow
  9. chelp
  10. chelped
  11. chelping

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