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Meanings of hawksbill in inglés
portugués
tartaruga-de-pente catalán
carei Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.
Synonyms
Examples for "hawkbill"
Examples for "hawkbill"
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The hawkbill slashed down, cutting open Pemberton's front pant pocket and freeing the twenty-dollar gold piece.
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A hawkbill knife was found near him.
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He took the hawkbill knife from his pocket and freed the blade with the same slow deliberateness he might undo a bow.
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.
5
It was Chainday the twentieth, or the seventh Skydi of Hawkbill-Bellis no longer cared which.
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Yeh scooped out a large hawksbill turtle named Genie and held her up.
2
It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle.
3
Our fishing party have taken in their seine to-day, two flying-fish of the gurnet species, and a hawksbill turtle.
4
Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependent on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change.
5
The Hawksbill Turtle is distinguished by the hawk-like appearance of its head.
Usage of hawksbill in inglés
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Other turtles which nest there are the hawksbill and the Oliver Ridley.
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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.
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National conservation measures are not enough to protect critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle populations in the Pacific.
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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.
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Baby hawksbill turtles at a hatchery in the Malaysian state of Malacca, February 8, 2007.
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The Nautilus's nets hauled up several types of sea turtle from the hawksbill genus with arching backs whose scales are highly prized.
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There are only about 15,000 female hawksbill turtles worldwide, according to a 2005 estimate by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Special care is given to around 15,000 green and hawksbill baby turtles hatched and housed at the navy's conservation center each year.
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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.
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Sitting Bear, Hawksbill, Table Rock, the Chimneys.
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Translations for hawksbill
catalán
Hawksbill through the time