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green turtle
noun
- a sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, common in tropical and subtropical seas, the flesh of which is used for turtle soup: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
green turtle
noun
- a mainly tropical edible turtle, Chelonia mydas, with greenish flesh used to prepare turtle soup: family Chelonidae
Word History and Origins
Origin of green turtle1
Example Sentences
Mann and his colleagues tagged 53 green turtles on four Red Sea beaches in Saudi Arabia, waiting until after the turtles finished nesting to avoid disrupting their reproduction.
From turtle doves to green turtles, from the European eel to the African penguin, migratory species are the great explorers of the animal kingdom.
The same is true for green turtles, with the estimate of at least 76,500 nests well above 2017 levels.
The Central South Pacific and East Pacific green turtle is at greater risk because of climate change, for example.
The same is true for green turtles, with the estimate of at least 76,500 nests well above the previous mark set in 2017.
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