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| flipper |
a wide, flat limb such as on a whale, sea turtle, sea lion, or other aquatic animal, used esp. for swimming. [1/3 definitions] |
| hawksbill |
a sea turtle with a hawklike beak and a horny shell that is a source of tortoiseshell. |
| leatherback |
the largest living sea turtle, characterized by its leathery upper shell, which can reach a length of over eight feet. |
| loggerhead |
any of various very large sea turtles with large beaked heads, esp. a carnivorous sea turtle of the southern and western Atlantic. [1/2 definitions] |
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