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Chelone :: Chelone (n.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc..

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) 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 :: Chelonian (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.

Chelonian :: Chelonian (n.) One of the Chelonia.

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance..

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

Echelon :: Echelon (v. t.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

Echelon :: Echelon (v. i.) To take position in echelon.