hawksbill turtle

English

hawksbill turtle on Wikipedia

A hawksbill turtle.

Etymology

The turtle's head has a sharply hooked beak, supposed to resemble the bill of a hawk.

Noun

hawksbill turtle (plural hawksbill turtles)

A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).
Synonym: hawksbill sea turtle

Translations

turtle species

Catalan: tortuga carei f
Dutch: karetschildpad (nl)
Finnish: karettikilpikonna
French: tortue imbriquée (fr) f
German: Echte Karettschildkröte f
Irish: turtar frithghobach m
Japanese: 玳瑁 (ja) (taimai)
Korean: 매부리바다거북 (maeburibadageobuk)
Portuguese: tartaruga-de-pente f
Russian: би́сса f (bíssa)
Spanish: tortuga de carey f, tortuga carey f
Vietnamese: đồi mồi (vi)
Welsh: crwban môr gwalchbig m

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