Definition of "sea turtle" []

Any of various large marine turtles of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae, including the green turtle, loggerhead turtle, ridley, and leatherback, having the forelimbs modified into very large flippers and usually living in tropical and subtropical oceans. (noun)

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Words like "sea turtle"

caretta caretta chelonia mydas dermochelys coriacea eretmochelys imbricata

green turtle hawkbill hawksbill hawksbill turtle

leatherback leatherback turtle leathery turtle loggerhead

loggerhead turtle ridley tortoiseshell turtle turtle