Definition of Atlantic ridley

1. Noun. Grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.

Exact synonyms: Bastard Ridley, Bastard Turtle, Lepidochelys Kempii
Generic synonyms: Ridley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlantic Ridley

Atlantic Time
Atlantic bonito
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
Atlantic cod
Atlantic croaker
Atlantic halibut
Atlantic herring
Atlantic herrings
Atlantic manta
Atlantic moonfish
Atlantic pollock
Atlantic pollocks
Atlantic pomfret
Atlantic provinces
Atlantic puffin
Atlantic ridley
Atlantic sailfish
Atlantic salmon
Atlantic salmons
Atlantic sea bream
Atlantic spiny dogfish
Atlantic tomcod
Atlantic tripletail
Atlantic walrus
Atlantic white cedar
Atlanticism
Atlanticist
Atlantick
Atlantides
Atlantis

Literary usage of Atlantic ridley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Panama by Marc Rigole, Claude-Victor Langlois (2003)
"While most of the species lay their eggs individually, two turtle species, the atlantic ridley and the green turtle (found in the Pacific), lay their eggs ..."

2. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"Six of them—the green turtle, the flatback, the hawksbill, the loggerhead, the atlantic ridley and the Pacific ridley—have bony scut-covered shells. ..."

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