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单词 green turtle
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Definition of green turtle in English:

green turtle

noun
  • A sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food.

    Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Large numbers of green turtles were harvested throughout the Hawaiian Islands through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
    • Beaches in sections of Florida's highly developed coastline are nesting ground for rare loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles.
    • Unlike many other species of turtles, green turtles are unable to retract their head into their shell.
    • Eight of the 10 beaches are used by hawksbill turtles and one by green turtles.
    • The green turtle is primarily a tropical herbivorous species and feeds on sea grasses and algae.
 
 

Definition of green turtle in US English:

green turtle

noun
  • A sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food.

    Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unlike many other species of turtles, green turtles are unable to retract their head into their shell.
    • Eight of the 10 beaches are used by hawksbill turtles and one by green turtles.
    • The green turtle is primarily a tropical herbivorous species and feeds on sea grasses and algae.
    • Beaches in sections of Florida's highly developed coastline are nesting ground for rare loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles.
    • Large numbers of green turtles were harvested throughout the Hawaiian Islands through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
 
 
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