Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of tortoise, Testudo arcuata.
- noun The leather-back, Dermochelys (or Sphargis) coriaceus. See cut under
leatherback .
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The coasts are frequented by various species of sea turtle, known as the green, the hawks-bill -- which affords the best tortoise-shell to commerce -- and the trunk-turtle, which is larger than either of its two relatives.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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