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GENUS CARETTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caretta mean?
• GENUS CARETTA (noun)
The noun GENUS CARETTA has 1 sense:
1. loggerhead turtles
Familiarity information: GENUS CARETTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loggerhead turtles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caretta; genus Caretta
Hypernyms ("genus Caretta" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Caretta"):
Caretta caretta; loggerhead; loggerhead turtle (very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas)
Holonyms ("genus Caretta" is a member of...):
Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)
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