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chelydre

chelydre noun: a fetid water snake.

Noun

chelydre (plural chelydres)

  1. (obsolete) A fetid water snake.

Forms of chelydre

pluralchelydres

Origin of chelydre

From Middle English chelidre, chelyder, chelydre, from Old French chelidre, chelydre, from Latin chelȳdrus (“fetid water serpent”), from Ancient Greek χέλυδρος (khéludros, “amphibious serpent”), from χέλυς (khélus, “tortoise”) + ὕδρος (húdros, “water serpent”). Cognate of French chélydre.

Questions about chelydre

What does chelydre mean?
Chelydre means a fetid water snake.
What part of speech is chelydre?
Chelydre is a noun.
What is the plural of chelydre?
The plural of chelydre is chelydres.

Words near chelydre in the dictionary

  1. Chelvey
  2. Chelwood
  3. chely
  4. Chelyabinsk
  5. chelyabinskite
  6. chelydre
  7. chelydres
  8. chelydrid
  9. chelydrids
  10. chelyid
  11. chelyids

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