green turtle

noun

1. a sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, common in tropical and subtropical seas, the flesh of which is used for turtle soup: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.

green turtle

noun

1. a mainly tropical edible turtle, Chelonia mydas, with greenish flesh used to prepare turtle soup: family Chelonidae

Word History and Origins

Origin of green turtle¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

The green turtle is no longer endangered, it said, citing "decades of sustained conservation action" that saw its population recover by 28 percent since the 1970s.

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The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory.

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"Assumption has one of the longest beaches in Seychelles, which is probably one of the most important green turtle nesting beaches in our country," says conservation campaigner Lucie Harter.

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Mann and his colleagues tagged 53 green turtles on four Red Sea beaches in Saudi Arabia, waiting until after the turtles finished nesting to avoid disrupting their reproduction.

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From turtle doves to green turtles, from the European eel to the African penguin, migratory species are the great explorers of the animal kingdom.

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