arribadan.

Brit.

/ˌarɪˈbɑːdə/, U.S.

/ˌɑriˈbɑdə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish arribada.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish arribada (1962 or earlier), specific sense development of Spanish arribada arrival (16th cent.) < arribar arrive v. + -ada -ade suffix.

A synchronized, mass nesting of ridley turtles, during which thousands of turtles gather and come ashore to lay eggs. Also: a group of turtles engaging in such nesting.The term arribada originally referred to the nesting of the Atlantic ridley turtle at Rancho Nuevo, Mexico but is now used to refer to such nestings in general, which also take place on beaches elsewhere in Mexico and in Central America and India.

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1963 A. Carr in Ergebnisse der Biologie 26 298 A recent development that seems to show site fixity and long distance homing capacity..is the arribada—the mass nesting emergence—of the Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys Kempi.

1977 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 5 June a13/1 They are unique among sea turtles in that they are daytime nesters, and they come ashore in large groups called ‘arribadas’.

1986 Herpetologica 42 379/1 Turtles 1 and 2 left the nesting area at the end of the first arribada.

1994 New Scientist 2 Apr. 7/1 Every year, almost half a million female olive ridleys..gather on the beaches twice during the period from December to April in a natural spectacle called the arribada.

2007 L. Campbell in P. T. Plotkin Biol. & Conservation Ridley Sea Turtles ii. 24/1 Egg collecting on arribada beaches has received some support.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arribada
释义	arribadan. Brit. /ˌarɪˈbɑːdə/, U.S. /ˌɑriˈbɑdə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish arribada. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish arribada (1962 or earlier), specific sense development of Spanish arribada arrival (16th cent.) < arribar arrive v. + -ada -ade suffix. A synchronized, mass nesting of ridley turtles, during which thousands of turtles gather and come ashore to lay eggs. Also: a group of turtles engaging in such nesting.The term arribada originally referred to the nesting of the Atlantic ridley turtle at Rancho Nuevo, Mexico but is now used to refer to such nestings in general, which also take place on beaches elsewhere in Mexico and in Central America and India. ΚΠ 1963 A. Carr in Ergebnisse der Biologie 26 298 A recent development that seems to show site fixity and long distance homing capacity..is the arribada—the mass nesting emergence—of the Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys Kempi. 1977 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 5 June a13/1 They are unique among sea turtles in that they are daytime nesters, and they come ashore in large groups called ‘arribadas’. 1986 Herpetologica 42 379/1 Turtles 1 and 2 left the nesting area at the end of the first arribada. 1994 New Scientist 2 Apr. 7/1 Every year, almost half a million female olive ridleys..gather on the beaches twice during the period from December to April in a natural spectacle called the arribada. 2007 L. Campbell in P. T. Plotkin Biol. & Conservation Ridley Sea Turtles ii. 24/1 Egg collecting on arribada beaches has received some support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1963
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