loggerhead turtle

noun

a sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head: now greatly reduced in number.

Origin of loggerhead turtle

First recorded in 1650–60

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“If a population of loggerheads were to become extinct, we will not be able to rescue them by taking loggerhead turtle eggs from elsewhere and moving them,” says Lohmann.
How Sea Turtles Find Their Way - Issue 94: Evolving | Jason G. Goldman | December 16, 2020 | Nautilus
He soon had his charger in fair control, but the science of riding a big loggerhead turtle isn't picked up in a minute.
Dick in the Everglades | A. W. Dimock
One day while Pedro sat in the bow, they saw a 400-pound loggerhead turtle lying asleep on the water.
Dick in the Everglades | A. W. Dimock
As they neared the bay a loggerhead turtle rose near them and Dick wanted to hunt it.
Dick in the Everglades | A. W. Dimock
I had often read of this, and once I tried it, but caught only a loggerhead turtle of twenty pounds.
Favorite Fish and Fishing | James Alexander Henshall

The second is called loggerhead turtle, having a shell much resembling the hawk-bill, but not worth anything for manufacturing.
Journal of Voyages | Jacob Dunham

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