TORTOISESHELL TURTLE

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Meaning:

Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

Synonyms:

Eretmochelys imbricata; hawkbill; hawksbill; hawksbill turtle; tortoiseshell turtle

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tortoiseshell 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 ("tortoiseshell turtle" is a member of...):

Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)

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