Sea turtle: alternatives and connections

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Sea turtle

Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.

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Hawkbill 76% connected

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

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Leatherback 76% connected

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes…

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Loggerhead 76% connected

A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

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Turtle 76% connected

The turtledove.

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