sea turtles
- plural of sea turtle.
Example Sentences
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“To think of his knowing about sea-turtles at all!”
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma
Turtle-doves existed there in great quantities, and tortoises, and sea-turtles, of an extraordinary size abounded, thence the name given by the Spaniards to this group.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
Sometimes the little party hunted the sea-turtles, which frequented the coast at Mandible Cape.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
We saw some great green sea-turtles that day; they were about three feet long.
From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)
On the 10th of January we caught sight of several sea-turtles and a whale.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
