dermochelys coriacea

1. 1.

   wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle

   Synonymsleatherback turtleleatherbackleathery turtle

   Broadersea turtle

   Part ofDermochelys

Questions about dermochelys coriacea

What does dermochelys coriacea mean?

dermochelys coriacea means "wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle".

What is another word for dermochelys coriacea?

Close synonyms include leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dermochelys coriacea a common word?

dermochelys coriacea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.