Chelonoidis

Translingual thumb Etymology mul la-new -, from mul grc χελώνη tortoise + -oid + la -is Proper noun 1 m genus family Testudinidae certain tortoises Usage notes The gender of this genus has most frequently been considered feminine, but recent works have treated it as correctly masculine. The common older names of the species affected are Chelonoidis carbonaria species, Chelonoidis denticulata species, †Chelonoidis nigra species, †Chelonoidis phantastica species. By similar reasoning arguably Chelonoidis vicina species should be Chelonoidis vicinus species (see vicinus and vicina). Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Chelonoidis carbonarius species - type species; Chelonoidis abingdonii species, †Chelonoidis alburyorum species, Chelonoidis becki species, Chelonoidis chathamensis species, Chelonoidis chilensis species, †Chelonoidis cubensis species, Chelonoidis darwini species, Chelonoidis denticulatus species, Chelonoidis donfaustoi species, Chelonoidis duncanensis species, Chelonoidis hoodensis species, †Chelonoidis lutzae species, †Chelonoidis monensis species, †Chelonoidis niger species, †Chelonoidis phantastica species, Chelonoidis porteri species, †Chelonoidis sombrerensis species, Chelonoidis vicina species - other species References 1 1 1