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hawkbill turtle — noun see hawkbill I … Useful english dictionary
hawkbill — hawk bill , hawksbill hawks bill ( b[i^]l ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; called also {caret}. Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hawkbill — noun pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell • Syn: ↑hawksbill turtle, ↑hawksbill, ↑tortoiseshell turtle, ↑Eretmochelys imbricata • Hypernyms: ↑sea turtle, ↑marine turtle … Useful english dictionary
hawkbill — /hawk bil /, n. See hawksbill turtle. [1775 85; HAWK1 + BILL2] * * * … Universalium
Tortoise-shell turtle — Tortoise Tor toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
USS Hawkbill (SS-366) — USS Hawkbill (SS 366), a Balao class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle (the s was inadvertently dropped at commissioning.). Hawkbill (SS 366) was launched by Manitowoc… … Wikipedia
hawksbill turtle — noun pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell • Syn: ↑hawksbill, ↑hawkbill, ↑tortoiseshell turtle, ↑Eretmochelys imbricata • Hypernyms: ↑sea turtle, ↑marine turtle … Useful english dictionary
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) — USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), a Sturgeon class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle. (The name perpetuated the inadvertent misspelling in the naming of USS Hawkbill (SS 366).)The… … Wikipedia
USS Hawkbill — Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hawkbill , named in honor of the hawksbill, a large sea turtle (the s was inadvertently dropped at the commissioning of SS 366).*USS|Hawkbill|SS 366, was a Balao class submarine,… … Wikipedia
sea turtle — noun any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas • Syn: ↑marine turtle • Hypernyms: ↑turtle • Hyponyms: ↑green turtle, ↑Chelonia mydas, ↑loggerhead … Useful english dictionary
