genus caretta

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   loggerhead turtles

   SynonymsCaretta

   Broaderreptile genus

   Part ofCheloniidae

Questions about genus caretta

What does genus caretta mean?

genus caretta means "loggerhead turtles".

What is another word for genus caretta?

Close synonyms include Caretta. 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 genus caretta a common word?

genus caretta 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.