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cryptodiran

cryptodiran noun: any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.

Noun

cryptodiran (plural cryptodirans)

  1. Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.

Forms of cryptodiran

pluralcryptodirans

Questions about cryptodiran

What does cryptodiran mean?
Cryptodiran means any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
What part of speech is cryptodiran?
Cryptodiran is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptodiran?
The plural of cryptodiran is cryptodirans.

Words near cryptodiran in the dictionary

  1. cryptocystal
  2. cryptocystidean
  3. cryptocysts
  4. cryptodepression
  5. cryptodepressions
  6. cryptodiran
  7. cryptodirans
  8. cryptodire
  9. cryptodires
  10. cryptodome
  11. cryptodomes

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