Sea turtle: alternatives and connections

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the be…

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much estee…

The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…

large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles…

A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are know…

A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the…

Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet…

Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the…

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…