LOGGERHEAD TURTLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

Synonyms:

Caretta caretta; loggerhead; loggerhead turtle

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Nouns denoting animals

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

Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)

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