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ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eretmochelys imbricata mean?
• ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA (noun)
The noun ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA has 1 sense:
1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Familiarity information: ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eretmochelys imbricata; hawkbill; hawksbill; hawksbill turtle; tortoiseshell turtle
Hypernyms ("Eretmochelys imbricata" is a kind of...):
marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)
Holonyms ("Eretmochelys imbricata" is a member of...):
Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)
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