LEATHERBACK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle

Synonyms:

Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("leatherback" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("leatherback" is a member of...):

Dermochelys; genus Dermochelys (type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles)

Credits

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Leather-leaved

Leather-leafed

Leather strip

Leather soap

Leather flower

Leather fern