hawksbill turtle

NOUN
  1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use hawksbill turtle In A Sentence

  • The islands are important for two species of sea turtle: green turtle Chelonia mydas (EN) and hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (CR) which are common in the surrounding waters, with the former nesting on sandy beaches. Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
  • It might be a lace handkerchief, a pink Paumotan pearl, or a comb of hawksbill turtle. BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
  • Another reason for arriving at night and stepping very carefully is that you might encounter a leatherback or hawksbill turtle coming ashore to lay her eggs.
  • Less commonly, mantas, giant bumphead parrotfish, hawksbill turtles and giant stingray make appearances, as do more than its fair share of eagle rays.
  • He didn't dream any more than the Chink, but coming back he stopped for hawksbill turtle at the very beach where you say the mate of the Flirt was killed. THE PROUD GOAT OFALOYSIUS PANKBURN
  • The mood is one of hope, lambent optimism for the future, and the streets are busy: wares, from hammocks to human hair brushes to hawksbill turtle shells, are being hawked with zest; horse-drawn buggies spindle in and about the cobblestone streets; children are skylarking in the alleys. Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time
  • Whales, rare green sea turtles, and hawksbill turtles also ply these aquamarine waters, along with nine species of sea snakes, some lethal. Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 2
  • Over the week they were rewarded by the sight of slumbering nurse sharks, moray eels, hawksbill turtles, stingrays, bounteous barracuda, big solitary midnight parrotfish and African pompano.
  • Over the week they were rewarded by the sight of slumbering nurse sharks, moray eels, hawksbill turtles, stingrays, bounteous barracuda, big solitary midnight parrotfish and African pompano.
  • Officers at the center said they cultivate 2 types of baby sea turtles; the lays turtle and the hawksbill turtle.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy