Chelonian: alternatives and connections

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Chelonian

Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.

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Turtle 76% connected

The turtledove.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed