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 Definitions of sea turtle  [ˈæt l]  

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Definition of 'sea turtle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) 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.

Etymology:  (1670–80)

Definition of 'sea turtle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sea turtle, marine turtle
any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas


Definition of 'sea turtle' Webster Dictionary 

1.  sea turtle
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

2.  sea turtle
the sea pigeon, or guillemot



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