sea turtle

2 definitions found

sea turtle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea turtle \Sea" tur"tle\ (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians
         having the feet converted into paddles, as the green
         turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They
         inhabit all warm seas.
     (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  sea turtle
      n 1: any of various large turtles with limbs modified into
           flippers; widely distributed in warm seas [syn: sea turtle
           , marine turtle]