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leatherback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle |
| Type of | marine turtle, sea turtle |
Examples of leatherback
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The season also included one Kemp's ridley, five leatherback and one green nest.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Leatherback turtles can grow to six feet long and weigh as much as 2,000 pounds.
From the sciencedaily.com
These sites belonged to four green turtles, four loggerheads and one leatherback.
From the inrich.com
Leatherback turtles, Spotila says, are in critical need of human help to survive.
From the sciencedaily.com
For turtles, compare a leatherback, your local box turtles, and a snapping turtle.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
The huge leatherback turtles and tiny skinks get ecologists very excited, too.
From the independent.co.uk
A leatherback lays up to 10 nests each season, more than any other turtle species.
From the sciencedaily.com
But, in the Atlantic, the leatherback population appears to be starting to thrive.
From the guardian.co.uk
He goes home covered in welts the size and color of baby leatherback turtles.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Leatherback turtle: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
- The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest of all living sea turtles and the fourth largest modern reptile behind three crocodilians. It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys. ...
