TORTOISESHELL TURTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tortoiseshell turtle mean? 

• TORTOISESHELL TURTLE (noun)
  The noun TORTOISESHELL TURTLE has 1 sense:

1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

  Familiarity information: TORTOISESHELL TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORTOISESHELL TURTLE (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 ("tortoiseshell turtle" is a kind of...):

marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)

Holonyms ("tortoiseshell turtle" is a member of...):

Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)