hawksbill turtle

It had taken me three days of snorkeling, but I finally hit the jackpot — an endangered hawksbill turtle, serenely munching tropical sea grass in the shallows of Francis Bay.
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, returning to a changed but resilient St. John|Bob Drogin|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
This Israel-Hamas war feels different, neither turtle nor scorpion even pretending anymore about seeking peace.
Is It Just Me or Is the World Exploding? So Why Isn’t Obama Doing More?|Michael Tomasky|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A non-Sioux nation in the state, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, also said no.
The Native Americans Who Voted for ‘The Fighting Sioux’|Evan Weiner|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The commercial then shifts to a split screen of a cartoon turtle and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Tea Party Candidate In Texas Makes Viral "Turtle Soup" Campaign Ad|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the meantime, Stovall has learned some political lessons in light of his turtle soup success.
Tea Party Candidate In Texas Makes Viral "Turtle Soup" Campaign Ad|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was filming other television spots in January and his campaign manager and the producer wanted to do the turtle soup spot.
Tea Party Candidate In Texas Makes Viral "Turtle Soup" Campaign Ad|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To these we gave boiled rice, and with it turtle and manatee boiled.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
She careened so badly that the girls shrieked and Malcolm himself thought she would turn turtle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
For our use, besides bread-fruit and fish, there was a turtle weighing perhaps more than twenty pounds.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
I shall give 'em real turtle from Birch's, and as for fizz, they shall swim in it if they like.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Thomas Simpson, companion of Mr. Dean in the discovery of the north-west passage, died by his own hand at Turtle river, aged 32.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for hawksbill turtle

hawksbill turtle

hawksbill

/ (ˈhɔːksˌbɪl) /

noun

a small tropical turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with a hooked beaklike mouth: a source of tortoiseshell: family ChelonidaeAlso called: hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle

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