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    LEATHERBACK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtleplay

    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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