CARETTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caretta mean? 

• CARETTA (noun)
  The noun CARETTA has 1 sense:

1. loggerhead turtles

  Familiarity information: CARETTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARETTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loggerhead turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caretta; genus Caretta

Hypernyms ("Caretta" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Caretta"):

Caretta caretta; loggerhead; loggerhead turtle (very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas)

Holonyms ("Caretta" is a member of...):

Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)