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LEATHERBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leatherback mean? 

LEATHERBACK (noun)
  The noun LEATHERBACK has 1 sense:

1. wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtleplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LEATHERBACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle

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

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

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

Dermochelys; genus Dermochelys (type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles)


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