hawksbill turtle

1. 1.

   pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

   Synonymshawksbillhawkbilltortoiseshell turtleEretmochelys imbricata

   Broadersea turtle

   Part ofEretmochelys

Questions about hawksbill turtle

What does hawksbill turtle mean?

hawksbill turtle means "pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell".

What is another word for hawksbill turtle?

Close synonyms include hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. 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 hawksbill turtle a common word?

hawksbill turtle 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.