Definition of Hawksbill turtle

1. Noun. Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.


Definition of Hawksbill turtle

1. Noun. A sea turtle species, ''Eretmochelys imbricata''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawksbill Turtle

hawkies
hawking
hawkings
hawkish
hawkishly
hawkishness
hawkishnesses
hawkit
hawklike
hawkmoth
hawkmoths
hawknose
hawknoses
hawks
hawksbill
hawksbill turtle
hawksbill turtles
hawksbills
hawkshaw
hawkshaws
hawkweed
hawkweeds
hawky
hawleyite
hawm
hawmed
hawming
hawms
haws
hawse

Literary usage of Hawksbill turtle

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

1. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"It will snap at a stick The hawksbill turtle (or Imbricated Turtle) is the least of ... Iu the eastern isles, where the hawksbill turtle is very abundant, ..."

2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"hawksbill turtle nests are roughly circular and shallow, usually less than half a metre deep. Unlike the technique used by green turtles, hawksbills move ..."

3. The English circumnavigators: the most remarkable voyages round the world by by David Laing Purves, William Desborough Cooley (1874)
"The hawksbill turtle are not only found in the West Indies, but ou the coast of Guinea, and in the East Indies; I never saw any in the South Seas. ..."

4. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World by John George Wood (1882)
"The hawksbill turtle is too dangerous an antagonist to be chased in the water. ... The shell of the hawksbill turtle is doubly valuable to the natives, ..."

5. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"It is not customary for the Miriam to eat the hawksbill turtle, ... Macgillivray states that " the hawksbill turtle and its eggs are forbidden to ..."

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