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Meanings of hawksbill turtle 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
        Usage of hawksbill turtle in English
        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
        6
        The Conservancy began attaching satellite tags to 10 hawksbill turtles in mid-April, the start of the peak nesting season.
        Reuters
        7
        Baby hawksbill turtles at a hatchery in the Malaysian state of Malacca, February 8, 2007.
        Reuters
        8
        There are only about 15,000 female hawksbill turtles worldwide, according to a 2005 estimate by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
        Reuters
        Translations for hawksbill turtle
        Catalan
        carei