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CARETTA CARETTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
Synonyms:
Caretta caretta; loggerhead; loggerhead turtle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Caretta caretta" is a kind of...):
marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)
Holonyms ("Caretta caretta" is a member of...):
Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)