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[syn: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]l`), n.
(Zool.)
A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the
best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle,
Eretmochelys imbricata.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hawksbill \hawks"bill\ n.
See hawkbill.
Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle,
Eretmochelys imbricata.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Eretmochelys imbricata
n 1: pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak;
source of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: hawksbill
turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle,
Eretmochelys imbricata]