Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any sea-turtle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any sea tortoise.
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- noun zoology Any
sea tortoise .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek the sea.
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biocon commented on the word thalassian
In addition, thalassian means of or pertaining to the sea, marine (OED).
July 29, 2012