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Meanings of hawkbill in English

Portuguese
tartaruga-de-pente
Catalan
carei

Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.

        tartaruga-de-pente
        Synonyms
        Examples for "hawksbill"
        Examples for "hawksbill"
        1
        Other turtles which nest there are the hawksbill and the Oliver Ridley.
        Reuters
        2
        Yeh scooped out a large hawksbill turtle named Genie and held her up.
        BBC
        3
        It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle.
        The Turtles of Tasman
        4
        National conservation measures are not enough to protect critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle populations in the Pacific.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Our fishing party have taken in their seine to-day, two flying-fish of the gurnet species, and a hawksbill turtle.
        A Voyage Round the World, Volume I / Including Travels in Africa...
        1
        Yeh scooped out a large hawksbill turtle named Genie and held her up.
        BBC
        2
        It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle.
        The Turtles of Tasman
        3
        Our fishing party have taken in their seine to-day, two flying-fish of the gurnet species, and a hawksbill turtle.
        A Voyage Round the World, Volume I / Including Travels in Africa...
        4
        Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependent on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change.
        The Guardian
        5
        The Hawksbill Turtle is distinguished by the hawk-like appearance of its head.
        Pathfinder; or, The Missing Tenderfoot
        Usage of hawkbill in English
        1
        The hawkbill slashed down, cutting open Pemberton's front pant pocket and freeing the twenty-dollar gold piece.
        Serena
        2
        A hawkbill knife was found near him.
        Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
        3
        He took the hawkbill knife from his pocket and freed the blade with the same slow deliberateness he might undo a bow.
        Serena
        4
        And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.
        South Sea Tales
        5
        It was Chainday the twentieth, or the seventh Skydi of Hawkbill-Bellis no longer cared which.
        The Scar
        6
        It was the evening of the tenth Scabdi of Hawkbill, the last day of the quarto-a festival.
        The Scar
        7
        "I figured it would," Galloway said, taking a hawkbill knife from his right pocket.
        Serena
        8
        Hawkbill gave Godolphin their first win in the Coral-Eclipse since 2004 when coming out on top in a thrilling finish to the Sandown Group One.
        The Irish Times
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for hawkbill
        Catalan
        carei
        Hawkbill through the time