sea-turtlen.1
The black guillemot.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > cepphus grylle (black guillemot)
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Greenland-dove1678
Greenland dove1678
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Greenland turtle?1787
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1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 326 The Greenland-Dove or Sea-Turtle: Columba Groenlandica dicta.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 446 The Colymbus with webbed feet, and three toes to each. The Sea-turtle.
1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV at Turtle Greenland Turtle and Sea-Turtle are sailors' names for the Black Guillemot.
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sea-turtlen.2
A marine turtle belonging to the families Cheloniidæ or Dermochelyidæ.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Cheloniidae > member of (sea-turtle)
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Dermochelidae > member of (leather-back)
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leathery turtle1875
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c1612 W. Strachey Dict. Indian Lang. in Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) ii. 204/1 A sea turtle, Tuwcuppewk.
1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 92 Lately taken..on the Devonshire coast..a sea-turtle, about seven feet long.
1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 357 Two pairs of paddles, very much like those of a sea-turtle.
1888 H. C. Bumpus in J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. III. 444 Sea-turtles are of considerable value as food.
1958 J. Carew Black Midas iii. 35 Mendoza had trapped a sea turtle and four men had to lift it into his donkey cart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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b. Greenland turtle, sea-turtle, names for the Black Guillemot: see Greenland n. II., sea-turtle n.1
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