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Loggerhead turtle   /lˈɑgərhˌɛd tˈərtəl/   Listen
Loggerhead turtle

noun
1.
Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas.  Synonyms: Caretta caretta, loggerhead.






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"Loggerhead turtle" Quotes from Famous Books



... sea. This Stream has a current of several miles an hour, flowing up the coast. Everywhere we saw the Portuguese men-of-war shining on the waves. There was a slight, cool breeze blowing, rippling the water just enough to make fishing favorable. I saw a big loggerhead turtle, weighing about three hundred pounds, coming around on the surface among these Portuguese men-of-war, and as we ran up I saw that he was feeding on these queer balloon-like little creatures. Sometimes he would ...
— Tales of Fishes • Zane Grey



Words linked to "Loggerhead turtle" :   loggerhead, Caretta caretta, sea turtle, genus Caretta, marine turtle, Caretta



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