Trionychid

Quick meaning: Trionychid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any turtle in the family Trionychidae.

Meaning

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Trionychidae.

Example Sentences

Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan 1988; Hirayama and Chitoku 1996).

It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).

Word Forms

• trionychids

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trionychoid, trionychian, trichoniscid, tridenchthoniid, tritoniid, trirachodontid.

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