green sea turtle

green sea turtle
A large sea turtle, the only species of the genus Chelonia.

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  • Green sea turtle — Chelonia redirects here. It is also the name of the superorder uniting turtles, tortoises and terrapins (Testudines) with the proto turtle Australochelys. Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas swimming above a Hawaiian coral reef …   Wikipedia

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  • Sea Turtle Association of Japan, Kuroshima Research Station — Kuroshima Research Station started in 1973, under the name of the UnderwaterPark Foundation, Yaeyama Underwater Park Research Institute, for the purpose of managing and utilizing the underwater area in Sekisei(Jap. 石西) lagoon between Ishigaki(Jap …   Wikipedia

  • Green sea — Green Green (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Greener} (gr[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr[ u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr[ o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sea turtle — Sea tur tle (Zo[ o]l.) (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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flatback sea turtle — Conservation status Data Deficient ( …   Wikipedia

  • sea turtle — any of several large turtles of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, having the limbs modified into paddlelike flippers: all sea turtles are either threatened or endangered through most …   Universalium

  • sea turtle — noun any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas • Syn: ↑marine turtle • Hypernyms: ↑turtle • Hyponyms: ↑green turtle, ↑Chelonia mydas, ↑loggerhead …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kemp's ridley sea turtle — See also: Olive ridley sea turtle and Ridley sea turtle Kemp s ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii …   Wikipedia

  • Olive ridley sea turtle — An olive ridley in Tamil Nadu, India Conservation status …   Wikipedia

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