sea turtle

Sea turtle — Sea turtles An olive ridley sea turtle Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

Sea turtle — Sea tur tle (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

sea turtle — any of several large turtles of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, having the limbs modified into paddlelike flippers: all sea turtles are either threatened or endangered through most …   Universalium

sea turtle — noun Date: 1612 any of two families (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) of widely distributed marine turtles that have the feet modified into paddles and that include the green turtle, leatherback, hawksbill, loggerhead, and ridley …   New Collegiate Dictionary

sea turtle — noun Any turtle that inhabits oceans …   Wiktionary

sea-turtle — noun A variant form of sea turtle …   Wiktionary

sea turtle — 1) Биология: морские черепахи (Cheloniidae) 2) Экология: морская черепаха …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

Green sea turtle — Chelonia redirects here. It is also the name of the superorder uniting turtles, tortoises and terrapins (Testudines) with the proto turtle Australochelys. Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas swimming above a Hawaiian coral reef …   Wikipedia

Leatherback sea turtle — For the musical instrument called lute, see Lute. Leatherback sea turtle Conservation status …   Wikipedia

Loggerhead Sea Turtle — Taxobox name = Loggerhead Sea Turtle status = EN status system = iucn3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida subclassis = Anapsida ordo = Testudines familia = Cheloniidae genus = Caretta genus authority =… …   Wikipedia