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LEATHERY TURTLE
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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:
Hypernyms ("leathery 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 ("leathery turtle" is a member of...):
Dermochelys; genus Dermochelys (type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles)
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