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Meanings of hawksbill in English
Portuguese
tartaruga-de-pente Catalan
carei Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.
Usage of hawksbill in English
1
Other turtles which nest there are the hawksbill and the Oliver Ridley.
2
Yeh scooped out a large hawksbill turtle named Genie and held her up.
3
It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle.
4
National conservation measures are not enough to protect critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle populations in the Pacific.
5
Our fishing party have taken in their seine to-day, two flying-fish of the gurnet species, and a hawksbill turtle.
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The Conservancy began attaching satellite tags to 10 hawksbill turtles in mid-April, the start of the peak nesting season.
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Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependent on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change.
8
Baby hawksbill turtles at a hatchery in the Malaysian state of Malacca, February 8, 2007.
9
The Nautilus's nets hauled up several types of sea turtle from the hawksbill genus with arching backs whose scales are highly prized.
10
There are only about 15,000 female hawksbill turtles worldwide, according to a 2005 estimate by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
11
Special care is given to around 15,000 green and hawksbill baby turtles hatched and housed at the navy's conservation center each year.
12
The Hawksbill Turtle is distinguished by the hawk-like appearance of its head.
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Hawksbills inhabit the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans with nesting sites in most tropical countries.
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The Hawksbill's numbers have reduced significantly because of the trade in its shells, which is now illegal.
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Hawksbills are listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union largely because of the egg trade.
16
Sitting Bear, Hawksbill, Table Rock, the Chimneys.
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Translations for hawksbill
Catalan
Hawksbill through the time