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Emys vs Emyds - What's the difference?

emys | emyds |

As nouns the difference between emys and emyds

is that emys is any member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises while emyds is plural of emyd.

emys

English

Alternative forms

* Also with initial capital.

Noun

(emydes)
  • (lb) Any member of the small (l) genus of freshwater pond tortoises.
  • * 1843 , XXV, page 57/2:
    • Certain Emydes …tend to the Sea-tortoises or Turtles…and yet exhibit characters peculiar to themselves.
  • * 1873 , , The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man , page 492, Appendix:
    • Remains of the elephant…the beaver, the emys …and goats.

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    References

    * “ ?Emys]” listed on page 136/2 of § 2 (E, ed. (Henry Bradley)) of volume III (D–E, 1897) of [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.) * “ ?emys” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)

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    emyds

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