leathery turtle

2 definitions found

leathery turtle - 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

leathery turtle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  leathery turtle
      n 1: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace;
           largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle,
           leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]