Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at testudinata.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Testudinata.
Examples
-
Would not Doctor Darwin have rejoiced greatly, if he could have brought to the support of his theory the observation of our own great naturalist, Agassiz, who, knowing the savage snap of one of the large, full-grown Testudinata, is said to have asserted, that, under the microscope, he has seen the juvenile turtle snapping precociously _in embryo_?
-
Part shows how I have attempted to apply these results to the special study of Zoology, taking the order of Testudinata as an example.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
-
The two first cases devoted to Testudinata (18, 19) contain the
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
-
Serpents; the Testudinata, or Tortoises; and the Batrachia, or Frogs.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
-
Tortoises (Testudinata, or Chelonians) belong to a very numerous order of reptiles, the usual form of which is too well known to require description.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
-
Third Part exemplifies the bearing of Embryology upon these general questions, while it contains the fullest illustration of the embryonic growth of the Testudinata. "
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
-
Testudinata "in the part to which that title is prefixed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.