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Chelone
Chelone Che*lo"ne, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariace[ae], natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
Chelone glabra
Turtlehead Tur"tle*head`, n. (Bot.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
Chelonia
Chelonia Che*lo"ni*a (k[-e]*l[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebr[ae], 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.
Chelonia Midas
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises are also called turtles. 2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator, Box, etc. green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup. Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass. Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie (Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form. Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies. Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise.
Chelonian
Chelonian Che*lo"ni*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind. -- n. One of the Chelonia.
Echelon
Echelon Ech"e*lon, v. t. (Mil.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
Echelon
Echelon Ech"e*lon, v. i. To take position in echelon. Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right. --Upton (Tactics).

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- Look up helon or Helon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Helon may refer to: Helon (biblical figure), an Israelite of the Tribe of Zebulun Helon Blount...
- Helon Habila Ngalabak (born November 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked...
- Helon Blount (January 15, 1929 – March 7, 2005) was an actress and singer who appeared in the original Broadway productions of such musicals as The Most...
- Bible, respectively the sons of Helon, Pallu, and Jesse. Only the last is covered in any detail. Eliab, the son of Helon, was one of the leaders of the...
- George Helon (born 1965), also known under the pen names George Wieslaw Helon and Jerzy Wieslaw Helon, is an Australian author, businessman, and historian...
- Villers-Hélon (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ elɔ̃]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of the Aisne department...
- Helong (alternate names Helon, Kupang and Semau) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor. Speakers are inters****d with those of Amarasi...
- Oil on Water is a 2010 petrofiction novel by Nigerian author Helon Habila. The novel do****ents the experience of two journalists as they try to rescue...
- television director/producer Tim Van Patten. He was married to Patricia Helon Poole (also known as Pat Poole and Pat Van Patten; born March 12, 1931)...
- Helon Ollivierre (1881 – 23 February 1907) was a Trinidadian cricketer. He pla**** in three first-class matches for Trinidad and Tobago from 1900 to 1904...