chelyt (keli)

An obsolete form of chela1, 1 and 2. It happen eth often, I confe e, that a lobster hath the chely or great claw of one side longer then the other, but this is not properly their leg, but a part of apprehension. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 5. Chelydæ (kel'i-dē), n. pl. Same as Chelydidæ. Chelydidæ (ke-lid'i-de), n. pl. [NL. (properly Chelyida ), IMG:content-0231.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. A tortoise of the family Chelydidæ . It may be seen from this list that no Chelydoid pa es Günther, Encyc. Brit., XX. 471. northward beyond the Isthmus of Panama. cipital; BS, bas i sphenoid; PS, pre sphenoid; AS, ali sphenoid; Pt, serpent in a is the common snapper or snapping-turtle of pterygoid; Pa, enormously expansive parietal; F, frontal; Pf, prefrontal; E, ethmoid; N, nasal; Pmx, premaxilla; V, vomer; P, palatine. hawk's-bill turtle ( C. imbricata ). Another leading form is the loggerhead, Caouana (or Thala ochelys ) caretta. Formerly the Dermatochelys (or Sphargis ) coriacea was referred by some to the family, but it has long been universally isolated as the representative of a very distinct family ( Dermatochelyidæ or Sphargidide ), and even suborder ( Athecæ ). The green turtle and the loggerhead are known to hybridize, the progeny being known to the fishermen as the bastard turtle, and having the scientific name of Colpochelys kemp i. The group is the same as Euereta (which see). See turtle. Chelonides (ke-lon'i-dēz), n. pl. [NL. (Swains on, 1839),