How To Use Turtle In A Sentence

The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
A turtle eating the insect that eats the leaf makes a chain of two.
San Francisco's Magierek likes to wear short unitards, turtlenecks, stripes, and prints.
He loves me and appreciates my finer points - especially the fact that I don't make him dress like me in a black turtleneck and coordinating cable-knit sweater for a holiday portrait.

Since 2001, areas north of Point Conception to an intersect with the Oregon coast has been closed to drift gillnet fishing from August 15th through November 15th in order to protect endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles. Permit to Kill Pacific Sea Turtles and Whales Requested by Seafood Company
While we are at it we should skip most of the stuff comingout of Turtle Bay — actually maybe we ought to just skip Turtle Bay altogether. The Volokh Conspiracy » United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:
He tugged at the neck of his turtleneck sweater feeling like it was a noose tightening with each attack.
Pity the turtles and cherish them, for they too are on the conservationist's list of vulnerable species and in danger of extinction.
Turtles were considered to be living anapsids although there was a significant temporal gap between the last anapsid reptile fossil and the first turtle fossil. Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb
Thousands of turtles drag themselves onto the beach and lay their eggs in the sand.
Mother turtles burrow into the sand to lay their eggs.
Obviously not a fake turtleneck (aka a dickey) as it can be seen poking out a shirtsleeve, The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
Litter poses a threat to dolphins, whales, turtles and seabirds by entanglement in and ingestion of plastics.
But you can also swim with turtles, or don scuba gear and explore the corals and colourful fish of the deep. Times, Sunday Times
Bob Hoffman, the endangered species branch chief for NOAA's Southeast regional office, told the Huffington Post on Wednesday that the burns had been temporarily curtailed because of high seas, and that when they resume, NOAA will now make sure each "burn team" -- made up of two shrimp boats hauling booms and an "igniter" boat -- includes a trained observer who will be able to rescue turtles before they are incinerated. Gulf Oil Spill: The Plight of the Sea Turtles
Turtles Forever, wherein the aughties heroes encounter their retro-'80s selves. Wired Top Stories
Using its front legs the giant water bug gripped the turtle inserting its syringe-like rostrum into the prey's neck in order to feed.
The jeans fit him fine, but the turtleneck was a little on the tight side as the fabric stretched across his upper torso.
Lionel was made to retract his neck like a turtle and to extend his neck like a snake. MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
Allison then put on her tight black Capri pants and her red turtle neck.
No-neck goons in black turtlenecks and lumpy suit jackets are fine if you want to hit a dance club with a posse, but they are not effective for executives.
There were plenty of turtles, huge infestations of purple spotted stingrays and some large manta rays.
I miss black turtle necks, floppy fringes, Talking Heads and two-party politics.
Poaching continues, however, partly because many Mexican men believe sea turtle eggs, eaten raw with a pinch of lime and salt, are aphrodisiacs.
The female turtles can only lay a maximum of three fertile eggs at a time - three times less than green sea turtles.
Others are swamp blue aster, a pink turtlehead, speckled joe-pye weed, great lobelia, Pennsylvania buttercup, and several kinds of sedges.
The cushat and the rock-dove migrate, and never winter in our country, as is the case also with the turtle-dove; the common pigeon, however, stays behind. The History of Animals
Leave the oceans' bluefin tunas and billfish and sea turtles alone, but pay no attention to the man behind the curtain - as he shovels redfish into the boiler.
All three of these taxa exhibit fully developed turtle shells.
This night, the turtle was laying her eggs on a low shelf of sand near a line of dune scrub and low palms, not far from dense jungle that is home to the deadly fer-de-lance snake, caimans, howler monkeys and sloths.
Animal tracks, such as those of this baby loggerhead turtle, are most easily seen in snow, mud, or sand.
Wear them with a pair of boot-cut distressed designer jeans, a thick gray wool turtleneck, and a beige or brown corduroy blazer.
Plastic bags when filled with water resemble jellyfish, the turtle's staple diet.
A similar story can be told for several other species of toads, frogs, salamanders, alligators, and turtles around the world.
Tadpoles and froglets can be preyed on by other frogs, crayfish, fish, turtles, and dragonfly larvae.
Made from 100% cotton, this classic turtleneck is all brown and features a ribbed neckline and trimmed hemline.
On your walk you will probably see mallards, grebes, canvasbacks and coons and perhaps snapping turtles and white pelicans.
Bottom trawling (scraping large nets across the seabed) kills coral, stirs up sediment causing pollutants to migrate into seaweed and other fish feed, and scoops up large amounts of by-catch -- other sealife, like turtles and dolphins unintentionally caught and wasted. Cathy Erway: The Pescatore's Dilemma
I reminisce about the sight of a hawksbill turtle and the sound it made as it swept its fins over the sand for a comfortable spot to lay eggs.
Alongside the enormous snakes, which were so wide it would have been a squeeze for them to get through a doorway, were fossils of turtles and giant crocodile-like dyrosaurs.
The vessel makes only a handful of voyages each year for up to 12 passengers willing to pay to swim with whale sharks and green turtles. Times, Sunday Times
On four dives there we would see a hawksbill turtle, huge parrotfish, various morays ranging from massive to tiny, jack, snapper, batfish and numerous other species.
Increased illumination in the night too would disorient turtles and hatchlings and prevent them from finding their way to the sea after they hatch.
One of the main dishes was a soup - soft shelled turtle soup.
Under threat are the turtle, fresh water prawn and crocodiles in the nearby sanctuary.
Why not stick to protecting wild places and wild creatures -- like sea turtles and sequoia trees? Michael Brune: Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels?
Abi also bought a lovely new autumn coat, some long-sleeved shirts, and a couple of fuzzy turtlenecks.
Lillian's fascination with turtles began at age nine, when she received a red-eared slider as a pet.
Their only vegetable food is what they obtain from the palm-trees, and they subsist generally on turtle, tortoises, and the flesh of the manatee or cowfish, and other fish, which they spear or take with nets. The Three Lieutenants
Palm-drenched Koh Samui, Thailand's third largest island, boasts the country's only LGBT diving organization. coordinates trips in the calm southern Gulf of Thailand around neighboring Koh Tao ( "Turtle Island") and north to famed Sail Rock, where schools of batfish and giant grouper patrol the 40-foot vertical passage through its granite core and plankton-feeding whale sharks are often sighted. Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News
Green and hawksbill turtles use the beaches for nesting, and the resort has a small hatchery.
At least rescue teams should be mounted to save the turtles.
The oldest is the Gehannam Formation (ca 40-41 million years old) consisting of white marly limestone and gypseous shale and yielding many skeletons of archaic whales (archaeocetes), sirenians (sea cows), shark teeth, turtles, and crocodilians. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt
Manta rays cruise past, turtles lumber along, sharks scope the scene, the odd octopus creeps along the ocean floor, and further out, the whale sharks make their way north.
Monney had never seen a sea turtle before Dec. 17, when he caught a glimpse of the leatherback — estimated weight 1, 700 pounds — and an olive ridley the same night.
Now, it is clear that this sacrifice is brought as a consequence of impurity from the fact that the same sacrifice of two turtle-doves or two pigeons is brought by a leper, a woman who has had an impure issue, and one who has just given birth.
Kelley says that after the sea turtles have been rescued, they are cleaned and treated - including what's called a 'gavage' of mayonnaise and cod liver oil that will help purge their digestive system of oil. As Oil Ebbs, the Turtles Return
The new bill includes a second ban on the trading of sea turtles and rare coral.
The occurrence of this specimen in nearshore beach deposits is somewhat unusual, as articulated or associated remains of Cretaceous sea turtles are more commonly encountered in lagoonal or offshore marine shale and chalk.
The pressed glass turtlebacks inset into the base were used in a variety of ways at Tiffany Studios.
This summer, there are vibrant paisley patterns and lush, tropical prints, as well as quirky sea-urchin pairs in turquoise, pink and lime, and a more subdued, blue-and-white turtle-print.
In downtown L. A. there are tons of street vendors who sell little turtles in tiny plastic terrariums for $2 or $3 each.
The Turtle grapevine did say that Svoboda has, over the years, provided advice to major Las Vegas casino owners on how to stop cheaters.
The turtle waddled down the bank of the slough, out onto a rotten railroad tie through an obstacle course of brambles and beer cans, and, to my surprise, vanished with a wet slap, proving that this water was still alive.
Then, early in the morning, having your stoves and plenty of hot water in readiness, take the turtle, lay it on the table on its back, and with a strong pointed knife cut round the under shell (which is the callipee), -- there are joints at each end, which must be carefully found, -- gently separating it from the callipash A Poetical Cook-Book
Set in Sitka, Alaska this novel is in the style of some of the alternate histories written by Harry Turtledove and S.M. Sterling. Reviews
Sea turtles are found in waters all over the world, offshore as well as inshore.
Turtles, green and hawksbill, still browse among the sponges and coral of the reefs.
The turtles return to the coast to reproduce.
Go to, then; we'll use this unwholesome humidity, this gross watery pumpion; we'll teach him to know turtles from jays. The Merry Wives of Windsor
There are seven categories of fish, including the basking shark, and the same number of amphibians and reptiles such as turtles, toads, lizards and newts.
Eels swaying through the waterweed and nosing up to the surface, a turtle sunning itself on a rock and stretching a hind leg lazily, and great big bearded dragons posed on rocks with their tails hanging down into the path, scaring – and being scared by – small children. Dragons in the garden
One time I come across one of numerous hawksbill turtles feeding undisturbed on the reef.
Turtles are common, and the reef is packed with octopuses.
Exotics such as cotton palms and African mahoganies which are favoured by the turtle and Barbary doves, should be avoided.
The living turtle is then thrown back into the water, in the mistaken belief that it will re-grow its shell.
Temperatures may be rising after the rare cold weather but scores of turtles are still being found unconscious on beaches and in lagoons. Times, Sunday Times
The sea turtle is an endangered species .
Dragging his shell along, the turtle continues his journey.
She was brought to us as a blind turtle that someone had raised on frankfurters.
In the picture, Ford is dressed in a white turtleneck and a white velvet jacket with huge lapels, and he is wearing aviator glasses.
Burnett noted that the medical examiner who performed the autopsies was a turtle expert who said the injuries were caused by a knife. Arkansas Online stories
Rinella's meal, which took days of preparation and required ingredients like snapping turtle, swallow's nest and perch milt, was definitely not a novice-level culinary adventure.
In a crowded world the odds had been rigged in favour of turtles. Times, Sunday Times
Then her soul took the form of a sheldrake and its mate, -- those loving birds which, like the turtle-dove, are always constant, -- and floating on the liquid pools, they mourned all day long the sad fate of the Princess Pepperina. Tales of the Punjab
But there's a good side to woodchucks, too: Their burrows provide homes for all manner of other wildlife, including rabbits, turtles and toads.
Data from other turtle species suggest that systematic differences in adult survival rates between sexes are rare.
Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles are caught annually in nets and on longlines.
The longevity of sea turtles is a subject of scientific research. Times, Sunday Times
I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.
The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
For example, why would teenage mutant ninja turtles (nearly naked coldbloods) want to live in frigid New York? Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » When parodying superheroes, you can do better than lampooning their clothes
Ever hibernate a box turtle in an area where there is ANY chance of flooding. They can and do drown!
It was composed of turtle soup made of the most delicate hawks bills, of a surmullet served with puff paste (the liver of which, prepared by itself, was most delicious), and fillets of the emperor-holocanthus, the savour of which seemed to me superior even to salmon. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
At the end of the wall we inadvertently disturbed a hawksbill turtle resting among the fronds of a soft coral.
More recently, I note that Walker et al. (1998) have published a paper with the title ‘Phylogeographic uniformity in mitochondrial DNA of the snapping turtle’: I haven’t seen this but it at least implies that they did not find evidence for polytypy within snappers. Archive 2006-02-01
Oh, and I observed World Turtle Day by reading "Anatomy of Condorchelys antiqua Sterli, 2008, and the origin of the modern jaw closure mechanism in turtles" in the March Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Insert [nothing witty] here.
CHARLESTON, SC - Veterinarians at the South Carolina Aquarium sea turtle hospital in Charleston say they've made great progress in helping a loggerhead turtle suffering from lockjaw. Anderson Independent Mail Stories
Luke's mother Julia told the Guardian: ‘When he gave the snapping turtle some lettuce its head popped out and it spat at him and nearly chopped his fingers off.’
The meat is used to supply restaurants for turtle dishes including stews, steaks and soup. Times, Sunday Times
Lucy was looking very sneaky as she rummaged through her drawers to find black leotards, a black turtleneck, and black gloves. E Is for Environment
They crept and crawled, oozed and slithered from the clay, prickly spiders and sneaky snakes and pesky lizards darting from the dark wet dough, turtles swimming to its surface, bug-eyed devils rising from the mud, all brought to life by the magic touch of Antonia Cruz Rafael. Antonia Cruz Rafael: the ceramics of Ocumicho, Michoacan
Yep, the Colonel argues that young people need more character, lest the void usually filled by common sense is colonised by the personality traits of looney toons / pokemon/ninja turtles/power rangers.
Enjoy a peaceful night sleep under Twilight Sea Turtle's starry night sky.
Commercial fishing will be banned permanently in a million square kilometres of ocean teeming with sharks, turtles and whales. Times, Sunday Times
Tuna boats, for example, often kill sharks, turtles, and dolphins that get trapped in their nets.
Hartman had told me to be on the lookout for the southeastern turtle name cooter, with the slang meaning ` pudendum. ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4
A turtle eating the insect that eats the leaf makes a chain of two.
Turtle doves would be sad birds to lose. Times, Sunday Times
From crew to V-necks and turtlenecks, any of these pullovers are sure to help you keep warm and look great, whether with a pair of tweed pants or jeans.
The stinkpot turtle gets its name from the foul smelling secretions it releases from musk glands under the border of the carapace.
I think i’ve got this now: basal anapsid reptiles (which presumably gave rise to synapsid and sauropsid lineages) died out leaving no descendants. turtles, full diapsid reptiles closely allied to crocodiles, secondarily developed a seemingly (but not osteogenically identical) anapsid skull structure subsequently. Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb
One of the main dishes was a soft-shelled turtle soup.
Blacks harpoon dugong as they do turtle, but the sport demands greater patience and dexterity, for the dugong is a wary animal and shy, to be approached only with the exercise of artful caution. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
With its armoured shell, thick leathery skin and slow movement, the turtle is one of the most easily recognized creatures on earth.
People in pain want to withdraw, like a turtle into its shell. Christianity Today
They paddled inshore in a coracle of skins which, for the most part, lay upturned on the deck like the hollow carcass of some giant turtle.
The initial report said that the beaches of both islands are places where sea turtles lay their eggs.
Next comes the Living River Trail, starting with a trout pool populated by fish, serenely floating wood ducks, turtles and other peskier species such as "giant toe biters" (water bugs). Where the Wild Things Are
Very fast, forum of Asia of rich a huge legendary turtle holds Baidu president concurrently presiding apparitor (CEO) plum Yan Hongsuo is target character surely.
Instead of cod, haddock and herring, you could pick up seahorses, red snappers, and leatherback turtles.
Populations of acid frogs such as Wallum froglet Crinia tinnula, Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis, Wallum rocketfrog L. freycineti and Wallum sedgefrog L. olongburensis occur, as do breeding colonies of loggerhead turtle Caretta Caretta (EN) and green turtle Chelonia mydas (EN). Fraser Island, Australia
Resident giant grouper, turtles and schools of hatchetfish reside below the jetty.
Then the turtle reared on its hind legs and grew five times its original size.
Look out for rescued giant tortoises, turtles, magpie robins and other wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
The traditional national dish is turtle; conch is also popular, either served raw with lime juice and onions, or cooked as a stew, chowder, or fritters.
The Swadini Reptile Park, with about 300 animal species, including a variety of snakes, lizards, leguaan, tortoises, turtles, and frogs, is a popular destination for touring school and research groups. ANC Daily News Briefing
Specific will tell, can choose freshwater shrimp, crab, soft - shelled turtle .
Staying on the holiday shopping theme, just how much do three French hens, a couple of turtle doves, or five gold rings actually cost?
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This is where Lenny caustically suggested that I was a YEC for not knowing that turtles had been reclassified as diapsids with a secondarily anapsid appearing skull I hope that embryologically turtle skulls start off as diapsid and then change but I dont really know. Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb
An amulet shaped like a turtle, a creature of darkness, took the form of the very entity its wearer wished to avoid and thus acted apotropaically.
When a live stranded turtle is found, it is often brought to a rehabilitation center for recovery and eventual release.
The Serbian was seen exploring and lending a hand at the sea turtle rehabilitation centre at the hotel. The Sun
If money is an issue we will go halves on the turtle doves with you!
Adult turtles have relatively few natural predators, although sharks and saltwater crocodiles are known to consume adults, and nesting females are preyed upon by coyotes and other canids.
It is hard to know whether towing a diver a short distance does any harm to a suitably sized turtle, but I heard from one of my very warmwater Leaks some years ago of a diver losing a finger to the beak of a big, quick-headed turtle.
Eventually you reinforce the child for using the turtle response spontaneously in conflict situations.
The Reptile Protection Trust wants to ban the trade in pet turtles.
Chromoviral distribution has been analyzed in 15 reptilian species, including representatives of crocodiles, turtles, and squamates.
Panama is angling to be the next Costa Rica, with nearly 6,000 square miles of public lands and a wildlife population (jaguars, tapirs, giant sea turtles, sloths) that'll make any tropical nation green with envy.
There aren't many rappers who can pull off an everyday wardrobe of tweed, turtle necks and tailored jackets.
At night on the beaches, giant turtles would lay their eggs.
There is incredible 60m visibility, amazing multicoloured coral, and everything from hawksbill turtles to giant manta rays to see.
Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, turtle doves and lapwing.
So voracious is China's appetite for turtle that it has all but eradicated its own turtle population before turning to the export market.
The Turtle Conservation Fund has listed the 25 most endangered turtles to highlight the survival crisis facing tortoises and freshwater turtles and to unveil a global plan to prevent further extinctions.
A green turtle sculled towards us, stopping only a metre away.
She helped protect the endangered loggerhead and green turtles.
They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.
We do the opening act; imagine a big skeleton of a turtle shell in a climbing frame. Times, Sunday Times
There are two species of sea turtles that mate and nest in the Gulf: the hawksbill and the green turtle, both endangered species.
WWF campaigners say the island is the second most important breeding ground for the loggerhead turtle.
Dried turtle meat, six live turtles and an undetermined number of explosives were recovered on the boat.
Marine vertebrates including tunas, seabirds, sharks, sea turtles, pinnipeds and cetaceans use a pelagic ecosystem we barely understand.
Green Sea Turtles enjoy warm, tropical and subtropical, shallow water near continental coasts and around islands where the sea grass is plentiful.
The pitfall trap or the nearest pit for turtles at the fence was also recorded in order to calculate a minimum straight-line travel distance from the release point using the Pythagorean theorem.
The move extends hope for survival of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle, which feeds in Cuban waters.
But they did not turn turtle in vain: they hatched a monster that has enslaved millions of people. Times, Sunday Times
Otherwise, the paint-by-numbers script is about as hard to follow as a turtle trying to cross an empty street.
Scientists are not sure how long it takes leatherback turtles to mature or how long they live.
Unlike most turtles, the carapace of a softshell is covered with leathery skin instead of keratinized plates. Reptile families
But in reality, knitwear is so much more than that - it includes a wide array of pullovers, turtlenecks and cardigans, among other items.
And thanks to Turtledove's writing, you can find yourself in a novel full of names like "Arminius" and "Varus" and "Aristocles" and many more, and you will not get confused as to who is talking, and who they are referring to. REVIEW: Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove
Ben shifted slightly and used a foot pedal to open a bronze cuspidor shaped like a turtle. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
There's also wildlife fun with sea turtle and whale watching trips available. The Sun
The actual death toll is much greater because thousands more turtles are caught in fishing nets and suffocate.
The shell, generally from the backplates of the Far Eastern hawksbill turtle, was heated and then molded into the desired shape.
Standing on the beach last month in El Salvador with one hundred tortugueros -- the Salvadorean men and woman on the front lines of sea turtle protection -- we each place a baby turtle into the surf: one hundred of 1.6 million released this year. Wallace J Nichols: Flipping the Switch: See the Wild, Find Yourself
Turtles, crayfish, snails, fish, salamanders, American chameleons, newts, insects, bacteria, and algae all can be successfully raised in the River Tank, but questions remain as to which ones can coexist, and for how long, before being eaten by another inhabitant.
On the other hand, apparently the troops are allowed to fill their housing areas with cow or turtle excrements, if they so desire. Best Signs in the World--2
This is the largest rookery in the world for the critically endangered species and half a million turtles nest here every winter.
Truly cold-blooded animals like lizards, newts, turtles, and crocodilians, which are superabundant farther south are missing, he said.
When conditions are really harsh and the diving itinerary allows only beach diving, there is a good chance of seeing hawksbill turtles on the east coast.
At this very moment our freezer contains, in addition to food for us and frozen rodents for pet snakes, a painted turtle, a star nosed mole, a Senegal bichir, his pet rat "Pam" (who he's saving until his pine snake is big enough to eat her), porcupine feet, and probably many other things I have not found yet. A Freezer Full of Mystery
Written by former Ministry of Education CEO Clive Borely, the book Carlton and the Dolphin and Tilly the Turtle is a reversible, hardcover publication.
In Antiguan, jumby means "playful spirit" and the resort's extracurricular activities cover the gamut, from snorkeling excursions to nearby Bird Island to champagne stargazing (you can spot the elusive Andromeda galaxy) and nighttime treks along Pasture Beach where the hawksbill sea turtle nests. TIME.com: Top Stories
On the agenda are 59 proposals involving the minke whale, yellow-naped Amazon parrot, bigleaf mahogany, Malaysian giant turtle, and Patagonian toothfish, among others.
Its instruments include maracas, drums, and turtle shells.
The documentation of thriving stinkpot turtle and map turtle populations in the creek, both of which use the existing bridge site for access to egg laying areas, increases our concerns about environmental harm.
I had been out in the wayback, enjoying the growth of this year's bamboo shoots and trying to unkink my mind from the work week, and as I returned to the house, I spotted the turtle below, heading in the opposite direction. Another Turtle Comes Calling
Once fouled on the reefs, the nets go on fishing, killing sea turtles, fish, seabirds and other wildlife while destroying corals.
There he found Nicholas the fish, spread out in all his glory, like a polypod awash, or a basking turtle, or a well-fed calf of Proteus. Mary Anerley
Adding to the controversy, several independent molecular analyses also regard turtles as diapsids.
Thanks to this Photoshop job of a “real-life” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleby binome on Worth1000, I find my usually-indomitable vocabulary reduced to the most painful and trite of exclamatory internet cliches. Thanks, Photoshop!: Real-Life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Our streams and rivers teem with crocodiles, gharials and a large variety of fish, turtles and dolphins.
They are found in mammals, turtles, squamates, and crocodilians, as well as a few bird taxa, particularly ratites and ducks.
Then there are the white flesh and the glutin, the best of all fattening foods; and having eaten to repletion for a couple of days, the diet palls, and they begin to speak in shockingly disrespectful terms of turtle. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
ObjectiveTo study the preventive and therapeutic effect of compound prescription with turtle shell (CPTS) on rats with IPF (Idiopathic pulmonary interstitial fibrosis) caused by Bleomycin A5.
Strictly speaking, these four species, traditionally placed in their own monotypic Linnaean families, are just some among many living species of turtles and consequently should receive no special nomenclatural attention.
Comfortable and stylish, you can wear this turtleneck with a stylish pair of beige or light brown corduroys, designer denims, or a dressy pair of flat-front slacks for a more formal occasion.
If you're lucky an eagle ray might cruise past, or you could find a turtle snoozing beneath an overhang.
We have a much bigger problem here: a hollow man, a creature without personality, only a mask upon mask upon mask turtled all the way down to … nothing. Looking back at Obama the narcissist
The general park area was extensively hunted for wallabies, snakes, birds, honey, turtles and their eggs, fresh water mussels, ripe water-lily bulbs, geebungs and the fruit of the ‘noocui’ or pig's face plant.
The quaint pinkish-white flowers of the turtle-head showed in wet places, and instead of the lilac racemes of the purple-fringed orchis, which had disappeared with midsummer, we found now the slender braided spikes of the lady's-tresses, latest and lowliest of the orchids, pale and pure as nuns of the forest, and exhaling a celestial fragrance. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
It probably lived in a shallow lake populated by dinosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, and numerous types of fish.
Furthermore, it cannot migrate or hibernate during winter, as is thought possible for some polar dinosaurs and turtles.

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