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Sea turtle

Sea turtle \Sea" tur"tle\ (Zo["o]l.)

  1. Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.

  2. The sea pigeon, or guillemot.

Wiktionary
sea turtle

alt. Any turtle that inhabits oceans. n. Any turtle that inhabits oceans.

WordNet
sea turtle

n. any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas [syn: marine turtle]

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Sea turtle

Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines. The seven extant species of sea turtles are: the green, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, olive ridley, hawksbill, flatback, and leatherback.

Usage examples of "sea turtle".

I remember one green sea turtle that hung from the side of the lifeboat for two days, the whole while thrashing about madly, free flippers beating in the air.

Largely because of his pioneering, most who are lucky enough to see a wild sea turtle don't feel an impulse to spear it.

But Indian Key provided the house with its escape route through the sea turtle pens, its master who refused to acknowledge the power of Key West, and its doctor who pioneered in growing tropical fruits in Florida.

Without panic, Klockner sent people to the beach, to the coffee shops near the Sea Turtle, even to Pete's, which was not yet open- They canvassed the area around his house and office, by foot and by car, and saw nothing.