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Definition of Hawksbill turtle
1. Noun. Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.
Generic synonyms: Marine Turtle, Sea Turtle
Group relationships: Eretmochelys, Genus Eretmochelys
Definition of Hawksbill turtle
1. Noun. A sea turtle species, ''Eretmochelys imbricata''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawksbill Turtle
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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