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Definition of Sea turtle
1. Noun. Any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Specialized synonyms: Chelonia Mydas, Green Turtle, Caretta Caretta, Loggerhead, Loggerhead Turtle, Ridley, Eretmochelys Imbricata, Hawkbill, Hawksbill, Hawksbill Turtle, Tortoiseshell Turtle, Dermochelys Coriacea, Leatherback, Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle
Definition of Sea turtle
1. Noun. Any turtle that inhabits oceans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea turtle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Turtle
Literary usage of Sea turtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peter Parley's Annual by William Martin (1844)
"THE GREEN, OR sea turtle. I PROMISED my little readers some information about
the gree.i turtle, which is so great a favourite with the London aldermen. ..."
2. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"Cuba appeared to have more people working on sea turtle conservation issues ...
In spite of an admitted decline in sea turtle populations fishermen were ..."
3. History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney (1891)
"They found there sea turtle and land turtle, but could stop only one night, on
account of two of their prizes, which, being deeply laden, had fallen too far ..."
4. Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1864)
"Th*1 islands also abounded in sea-turtle,—the creeks and shallows being filled with
... The sea-turtle were of four kinds,—the green-turtle, the loggerhead, ..."
5. The History of the Forty-eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers, in the by Abraham John Palmer (1885)
"... Corwin Promoted—Capture of Steamer General Lee—Tybee—A Mammoth Sea-Turtle—The
Blockade-runner Sadowa— Life in the Fort—the Ladies—The Musicians. ..."
6. Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1839)
"The islands also abounded in sea-turtle,—the creeks and shallows being filled with
... The sea-turtle were of four kinds,—the green-turtle, the loggerhead, ..."
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