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Meanings of hawksbill in английском

португальский
tartaruga-de-pente
каталонский
carei

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

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        Usage of hawksbill in английском
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        Other turtles which nest there are the hawksbill and the Oliver Ridley.
        Reuters
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        Yeh scooped out a large hawksbill turtle named Genie and held her up.
        BBC
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        It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle.
        The Turtles of Tasman
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        National conservation measures are not enough to protect critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle populations in the Pacific.
        Radio NZ
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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.
        A Voyage Round the World, Volume I / Including Travels in Africa...
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        The Conservancy began attaching satellite tags to 10 hawksbill turtles in mid-April, the start of the peak nesting season.
        Reuters
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        Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependent on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change.
        The Guardian
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        Baby hawksbill turtles at a hatchery in the Malaysian state of Malacca, February 8, 2007.
        Reuters
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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.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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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.
        Reuters
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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.
        Reuters
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        The Hawksbill Turtle is distinguished by the hawk-like appearance of its head.
        Pathfinder; or, The Missing Tenderfoot
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        Hawksbills inhabit the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans with nesting sites in most tropical countries.
        Reuters
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        The Hawksbill's numbers have reduced significantly because of the trade in its shells, which is now illegal.
        Reuters
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        Hawksbills are listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union largely because of the egg trade.
        Reuters
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        Sitting Bear, Hawksbill, Table Rock, the Chimneys.
        Speaking in Bones
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        Translations for hawksbill
        каталонский
        carei
        Hawksbill through the time