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testudinoid

testudinoid noun: any turtle of the superfamily Testudinoidea.

Noun

testudinoid (plural testudinoids)

  1. Any turtle of the superfamily Testudinoidea.
    • The terrestrial mode of food uptake differs dramatically among and within the three testudinoid subgroups (see Bels, Davenport & Delheusy, 1997 ; Bels et al., 2008 ; Summers et al., 1998 ; Wochesländer, Hilgers & Weisgram, 1999 ; Natchev et al., 2009, present study).2015, Nikolay Natchev et al., “Feeding behaviour in a ‘basal’ tortoise provides insights on the transitional feeding mode at the dawn of modern land turtle evolution”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI

Forms of testudinoid

pluraltestudinoids

Origin of testudinoid

Clipping of taxonomic name Testudinoidea. From Latin testūdin- + -oid, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.

Questions about testudinoid

What does testudinoid mean?
Testudinoid means any turtle of the superfamily Testudinoidea.
What part of speech is testudinoid?
Testudinoid is a noun.
What is the plural of testudinoid?
The plural of testudinoid is testudinoids.

Words near testudinoid in the dictionary

  1. testudine
  2. testudineous
  3. testudines
  4. testudinid
  5. testudinids
  6. testudinoid
  7. testudinoids
  8. testudinous
  9. testudo
  10. testudoes
  11. testudos

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