sea turtle
noun
: any of two families (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) of widely distributed marine turtles that have the feet modified into paddles and that include the green turtle, leatherback, hawksbill, loggerhead, and ridley
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Rock the Ocean Foundation is a conservation nonprofit whose core work protects sea turtles, marine mammals, coral reefs, sharks, and marine habitats.
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The Aquarium’s Rescue and Rehabilitation team also spends several months every year caring for sick and injured green sea turtles at its Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The species is one of the world’s largest sea turtles, and humans have long hunted it to make turtle soup and to eat its eggs as a delicacy; it has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since the 1980s.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Daydreaming of seeing sea turtles hatch in Costa Rica?
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The Aquarium’s Rescue and Rehabilitation team also spends several months every year caring for sick and injured green sea turtles at its Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The species is one of the world’s largest sea turtles, and humans have long hunted it to make turtle soup and to eat its eggs as a delicacy; it has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since the 1980s.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Daydreaming of seeing sea turtles hatch in Costa Rica?
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sea turtle
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“Sea turtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20turtle. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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