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    HAWKSBILL TURTLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)

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