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[syn: leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zool.)
A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony
shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate
parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand
pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle,
leather-backed tortoise, etc.
[1913 Webster] Leatheret
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
leathery turtle
n 1: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace;
largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle,
leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]