The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
leathery turtle — noun wide ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle • Syn: ↑leatherback turtle, ↑leatherback, ↑Dermochelys coriacea • Hypernyms: ↑sea turtle, ↑marine turtle • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
leathery turtle — /lɛðəri ˈtɜtl/ (say ledhuhree tertl) noun a large marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a longitudinally ridged flexible carapace formed of a mosaic of small bony plates embedded in a leathery skin; luth. Also, leatherback …
turtle — ► NOUN 1) a marine or freshwater reptile with a bony or leathery shell and flippers or webbed toes. 2) Computing a directional cursor in a computer graphics system which can be instructed to move around a screen. ● turn turtle Cf. ↑turn turtle… … English terms dictionary
Turtle — For other uses, see Turtle (disambiguation). Turtles Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 215–0 Ma … Wikipedia
turtle — noun 1》 a marine or freshwater reptile with a bony or leathery shell and flippers or webbed toes. [Many species in the order Chelonia.] ↘the flesh of a sea turtle, used chiefly for soup. 2》 a directional cursor in a computer graphics system… … English new terms dictionary
Leatherback sea turtle — For the musical instrument called lute, see Lute. Leatherback sea turtle Conservation status … Wikipedia
Leatherback turtle — Taxobox name = Leatherback Sea Turtle status = CR status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira familia = Dermochelyidae familia authority = Fitzinger,… … Wikipedia
leatherback turtle — noun wide ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle • Syn: ↑leatherback, ↑leathery turtle, ↑Dermochelys coriacea • Hypernyms: ↑sea turtle, ↑marine turtle • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sea turtle — noun any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas • Syn: ↑marine turtle • Hypernyms: ↑turtle • Hyponyms: ↑green turtle, ↑Chelonia mydas, ↑loggerhead … Useful english dictionary
marine turtle — noun any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas • Syn: ↑sea turtle • Hypernyms: ↑turtle • Hyponyms: ↑green turtle, ↑Chelonia mydas, ↑loggerhead, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
