Definition of "ridley" [ridley]

• A marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal waters. Also called Kemp's ridley. (noun)
• A related species (Lepidochelys olivaceae) of the Pacific and Indian oceans. (noun)

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• "Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press HELPING HAND: A boy helped a newly hatched olive ridley turtle enter the sea at a beach in Ganjam district in Odisha, India, Tuesday."
• "Few other creatures embody this ghastly state of affairs as poignantly as the olive ridley turtles, which just completed their hatching cycle."