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leatherback

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leath=er=back

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun leatherback has 1 sense

leatherback(n = noun.animal) dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle - wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle; Array

is a kind of marine turtle, sea turtle

is a member of dermochelys, genus dermochelys

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CIDE DICTIONARY

leatherback, n.

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

leatherback, n. a large marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having a thick leathery carapace.

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