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Definition of Cypraea testudinaria

Cypraea testudinaria
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises are also called turtles. 2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator, Box, etc. green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup. Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass. Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie (Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form. Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies. Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise.

Meaning of Cypraea testudinaria from wikipedia

- the genus Cypraea include: † Cypraea ficoides (Hutton, 1873) Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 † Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 Cypraea tigris Linnaeus...
- Chelycypraea testudinaria, common name the tortoise cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the...
- terebellum Cypraea (Cowries) Cypraea mappa – map cowry Cypraea arabica – Arabian cowry Cypraea argus Cypraea testudinaria – turtle cowry Cypraea stercoraria...
- 1932) (original combination) Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus): synonym of Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) "Callistocypraea". WoRMS. World...
- Cypraea annulus Cypraea caputserpentis Cypraea carneola Cypraea caurica Cypraea cernica Cypraea clandestina Cypraea cribraria Cypraea erosa Cypraea helvola...
- †Chasmaporthetes Cheilea Chelonia †Chelonia mydas Chelonibia †Chelonibia testudinaria Chelydra †Chelydra serpentina Chemnitzia †Chesapecten †Chesapecten jeffersonius...
- gibbosum †Cyphoma intermedium †Cyphoma miamiensis †Cyphoma viaavensis Cypraea †Cypraea problematica Cypraec****is †Cypraec****is chipolana Cypraedia †Cypraedia...