Meaning of chelonaphobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of turtles (including tortoises).

rare, uncountable

Examples

“An aquarium, however, is a dangerous place⟳ to fall⟳ out with your husband if you have⟳ chelonaphobia. My wife, I must tell⟳ you, is scared – not just scared, terrified more like⟳ – of all tortoises and all creatures that look⟳ like⟳ tortoises including turtles. […] Freelancing on travel⟳ technology stories in the study⟳, her chelonaphobia isn’t an inconvenience, but seeing as though virtually every day on this trip⟳ we’re at some wildlife park⟳, it’s become⟳ one.”

“I knew everything about Moxie, from her shoe size — six — to the fact that she suffered from chelonaphobia, or a fear of turtles. We’d discovered that together during a disastrous fifth-grade class trip⟳ to a small zoo called Reptiland.”

““Turtles are easy to love⟳. They don’t attack you, so there’s not a fear of turtles.” Not for Yee, maybe, but chelonaphobia does exist⟳—there are people who are afraid of turtles. Huffington Post⟳ news editor Ani Vrabel publically^([sic]) confessed her fears back in 2013. “I’ve had terrible dreams about turtles flying at my face⟳, chasing me with the intent of gumming me to death, and hiding in my bed,” she wrote in a turtle-terror memoir.”

“(Danger Gnomes found random capitalization more fun and wondered why the other races avoided correspondence with them). Unfortunately, it was nailed above and partially over the volunteer⟳ sheet “tURtle bAiT nEedeD, sEriOUs vOLunTeeRs onLy; abSencE oF chELonaPHobiA is A pLuS!”

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