chersid (kersid)

Chersidæ (kėr'si-dē), n. pl. [NL., Chersus + -ida.] The land-tortoises as a family of Chelonia: synonymous with Testudinida. cher site (ker'sīt), n. [NL., as Chersus + -ite2.] Same as chersian. Chersobatæ (kėr-soba-tē), n. pl. [NL., Gr. χέρσος, dry land, + -βατης, sones us, Chersonese, the Crimea; the Cimbric Chersonese, the peninsula of Jutland in Denmark; and the Golden Cherso nese, in India, probably the peninsula of Malacca. These are the prominent instances of the ancient use of the word in names; but it was applied to many smaller bodies of land. Formerly also written chersone . The sea so circles there that it becomes a chersone . Sir T. Herbert , Travels, p. 35. And, on the other side, Hayle's vaster mouth doth make Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 83. A chersonese thereof. Chersus (ker's us), n. [NL. (Wagler, 1830), χέρσος , n., dry land, > χερ cherubin σαῖος, of dry land, living or found thereon, χε λώνη χερσαία, a land-tortoise.] The typical genus of the family Cherside. Chersydrus (ker-sid'rus), n. [NL.,