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cryptodire

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

Noun

cryptodire (plural cryptodires)

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

Forms of cryptodire

pluralcryptodires

Questions about cryptodire

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

Words near cryptodire in the dictionary

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

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