chelydridae

English Thesaurus

1. snapping turtles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile family,
definition	:	a family of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	snapping turtle,
definition	:	large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chelydra, genus chelydra,
definition	:	snapping turtles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus macroclemys, macroclemys,
definition	:	includes the alligator snapping turtle (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	chelonia, order chelonia, order testudinata, order testudines, testudinata, testudines,
definition	:	tortoises and turtles (noun.animal)