Chelone

See also: chelone and chélone

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”).

Proper noun

Chelone

  1. (Greek mythology) A woman who became the tortoise as punishment for disobeying a summons from the gods.

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