LEATHERBACK

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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