Home › Words › C › chelonaphobiachelonaphobiachelonaphobia · noun — the fear of turtles (including tortoises).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē) + -phobia.nounThe fear of turtles (including tortoises).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chelonology 66% match — Study of chelonians or tortoises. vs chelonaphobia →chelonian 64% match — Of, relating to, or belonging to the order Chelonia (Testudines), which includes the turtles and tortoises. vs chelonaphobia →batrachophobia 61% match — Fear of frogs. vs chelonaphobia →bufonophobia 61% match — The fear of toads (warty amphibians). vs chelonaphobia →chiroptophobia 61% match — fear of bats (the flying mammals) vs chelonaphobia →snakephobia 60% match — Fear of snakes. vs chelonaphobia →ornithophobia 60% match — Fear of birds. vs chelonaphobia →myrmecophobia 60% match — The fear of ants. vs chelonaphobia →