KEMP'S RIDLEY


Meaning of KEMP'S RIDLEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkemps- ]

noun

Etymology: Richard M. Kemp fl 1873 American amateur naturalist

Date: 1979

: a small gray sea turtle ( Lepidochelys kempii ) with a wide rounded shell that occurs especially in the Gulf of Mexico and along the United States Atlantic coast — called also Kemp's ridley turtle

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