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LOGGERHEAD TURTLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does loggerhead turtle mean?

• LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (noun)
The noun LOGGERHEAD TURTLE has 1 sense:

1. very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

Familiarity information: LOGGERHEAD TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caretta caretta; loggerhead turtle; loggerhead

Hypernyms ("loggerhead turtle" is a kind of...):

marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)

Holonyms ("loggerhead turtle" is a member of...):

Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)

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