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hawksbill

hawks=bill

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hawksbill(n = noun.animal) eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle - pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell; Array

is a kind of marine turtle, sea turtle

is a member of eretmochelys, genus eretmochelys

hawksbill, n.

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret. [1913 Webster]

hawksbill, n.

See hawkbill. [WordNet 1.5]

hawksbill, n. (in full hawksbill turtle) a small turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, yielding tortoiseshell.

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