CHELONIA MYDAS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup

Synonyms:

Chelonia mydas; green turtle

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Chelonia mydas" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Chelonia mydas" is a member of...):

Chelonia; genus Chelonia (green turtles)

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