testudinoid means any turtle of the superfamily Testudinoidea. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
Clipping of taxonomic name Testudinoidea. From Latin testūdin- + -oid, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.
noun
- Any turtle of the superfamily Testudinoidea.“The terrestrial mode of food uptake differs dramatically among and within the three testudinoid subgroups (see Bels, Davenport & Delheusy, 1997 ; Bels et al., 2008 ; Summers et al., 1998 ; Wochesländer, Hilgers & Weisgram, 1999 ; Natchev et al., 2009, present study).”