CARETTA CARETTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caretta caretta mean? 

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

1. very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARETTA CARETTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caretta caretta; loggerhead; loggerhead turtle

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

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

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

Caretta; genus Caretta (loggerhead turtles)