Vocabulary : Chelidonic to Chely

Chelidonic : Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
Chelidonius : A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
Chelifer : See Book scorpion, under Book.
Cheliferous : Having cheliform claws, like a crab.
Cheliform : Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

Chelone : A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
Chelonia : An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.
Chelonian : Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind. ;; One of the Chelonia.
Chelura : A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
Chely : A claw. See Chela.

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