HAWKSBILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawksbill mean? 

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

1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAWKSBILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eretmochelys imbricata; hawkbill; hawksbill; hawksbill turtle; tortoiseshell turtle

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

marine turtle; sea turtle (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)

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

Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys (hawksbills)

 Context examples 

These animals include jaguars, Spix's macaws, harpy eagles, vinaceous-breasted amazons, crowned solitary eagles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, tarantulas, Amazon false coral snakes, Brazilian green racer snakes, cream-colored woodpeckers, blue spiny starfish, sharks, seahorses, piaba fish, sawfish, bluefin tuna, brown howler monkeys.

(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)