GENUS ERETMOCHELYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eretmochelys mean? 

• GENUS ERETMOCHELYS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERETMOCHELYS has 1 sense:

1. hawksbills

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERETMOCHELYS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERETMOCHELYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hawksbills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eretmochelys; genus Eretmochelys

Hypernyms ("genus Eretmochelys" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eretmochelys"):

Eretmochelys imbricata; hawkbill; hawksbill; hawksbill turtle; tortoiseshell turtle (pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell)

Holonyms ("genus Eretmochelys" is a member of...):

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