Cryptodira

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden, secret”) + δειρή (deirḗ, “neck, throat”).

Proper noun

Cryptodira

A taxonomic suborder within the order Testudines – the tortoises etc.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata - subclass; Testudines - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Testudinoidea, Trionychoidea, Kinosternoidea, Chelonioidea - superfamilies

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