Cryptodira
Translingual
Wikispecies
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