leather-backed tortoise

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leather-backed tortoise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zool.)
     A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony
     shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate
     parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand
     pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle,
     leather-backed tortoise, etc.
     [1913 Webster] Leatheret