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Source of food and the best tortoiseshell
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hawkbill
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WordNet
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n. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: hawksbill turtle , hawksbill , tortoiseshell turtle , Eretmochelys imbricata ]
Wiktionary
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n. (alternative spelling of hawksbill English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]l`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret . Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys ...
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Hawkbill (foaled 6 March 2013) is an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2015 he was beaten on his first two appearances but then recorded three consecutive wins in minor races. As a three-year-old in 2016 he made rapid progress, taking ...
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First commissioned in the 1960s as one of three dozen sophisticated, ultra quiet attack submarines, the Hawkbill had eventually been assigned to polar patrols and defense activities.
The refit of the Hawkbill had been a major accomplishment in this endeavor: the submarine had taken on an impressive array of sonar, seismic equipment, and a battery of other electronics intended for use by academic and governmental researchers.
As the B-82 crewmen leaned over the railings like boys on a sandlot fence, the sail of the Hawkbill cracked open and two crewmen stepped onto the bridge.
Present were Ed Snow, the commander of the Hawkbill, and Frank Groves, his executive officer.
Now the very presence of the contingent from the Hawkbill, these men in their dress uniforms, implied a disdain for Charon and his crew, men of grit and substance who could actually be relied upon to conduct delicate operations.
In addition to her existing array, the Hawkbill has been fitted with submersible gamma spectrometers in order to detect the presence and location of possible leakage from the plug.
GBS would require that the JIM divers be dispatched from a modified hatch on the Hawkbill logistically very difficult but not impossible.
JIM suits into the Hawkbill and move a little closer to the Scorpion site.
The Hawkbill continued its survey of the north end of the canyon to locate the highest levels of radiation.
The latest sonar plots and bathymetric charts from the Hawkbill were truly astounding.
As with many modern submarines, the sonar room of the Hawkbill was positioned forward of the sail, just below the weapons-loading hatch.
The almost continuous exchange of encrypted human information--bearings, timing, logistic concerns, and good-natured jibes--passing between the divers, the Hawkbill, and the Rush-more now gave way to the sound of automated machines.
Krail agreed to remain on the Hawkbill as it was removed from the detonation zone, ready to return to the area as soon as the landslides had subsided.
The radio was alive again, with Charon prompting status confirmation from the Hawkbill and the Rushmore.
Aboard the Hawkbill, Krail and the others could only listen to the proceedings outside.