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chelus

chelus is the alternative form of chelys.

Meaning of chelys

Noun

chelys

  1. (historical) An ancient string instrument, the common lyre of the ancient Greeks, which had a convex back of tortoiseshell or of wood shaped like the shell.

Questions about chelus

What is chelus the alternative form of?
Chelus is the alternative form of chelys.

Words near chelus in the dictionary

  1. Cheltenhamian
  2. Cheltonian
  3. Cheltonians
  4. chelurid
  5. chelurids
  6. chelus
  7. cheluviation
  8. Chelveston
  9. Chelveston cum Caldecott
  10. Chelvey
  11. Chelwood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chelus (page history and authors); chelys (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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