HAWKSBILL TURTLE

Meaning of HAWKSBILL TURTLE in English

/hawks"bil'/

a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species. Also called hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle .

[ 1650-60; HAWK 1 + 'S 1 + BILL 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HAWKSBILL TURTLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun or hawksbill : a carnivorous sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) of tropical and subtropical seas, having a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — - hawksbill sea turtle бисса (Eretmochelys)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — = hawksbill sea turtle бисса ( Eretmochelys )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — ■ noun a small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, hunted as the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса (морская черепаха; Eretmochelys imbricata) (зоология) бисса (морская черепаха; Eretmochelys imbricata)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса ( морская черепаха ; Eretmochelys imbricata )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса (морская черепаха; Eretmochelys imbricata)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса ( морская черепаха ; Eretmochelys imbricata )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса ( морская черепаха ; Eretmochelys imbricata )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HAWKSBILL TURTLE — зоол. бисса (морская черепаха; Eretmochelys imbricata) (зоология) бисса (морская черепаха; Eretmochelys imbricata)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TURTLE — черепаха; наземная черепаха (Testudo); pl сухопутные черепахи (Testudinidae); pl черепахи (Testudines) см. тж. tortoise - African side-necked turtle - alligator snapping turtle - American …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TURTLE — черепаха; наземная черепаха ( Testudo ) ; pl сухопутные черепахи ( Testudinidae ) ; pl черепахи ( Testudines ) см. …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HAWKSBILL — noun Date: 1712 a small brown or brown and yellow sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) of tropical waters that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TURTLE — I Any of more than 250 species (order Chelonia) of Turtles have existed for 200 million years, making them the …
Английский словарь Британика
HAWKSBILL — noun see hawksbill turtle
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURTLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURTLE — (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Английский словарь Webster
TURTLE — ( n. ) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TURTLE — turtle 1 — turtler , n. /terr"tl/ , n. , pl. turtles , ( esp. collectively ) turtle , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TURTLE — I. ˈtər-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English turtla, from Latin turtur Date: before 12th century archaic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAWKSBILL — noun Date: 1712 : a small brown or brown and yellow sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) of tropical waters …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TURTLE — noun the turtledove. 2. turtle ·noun the curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. …
Webster English vocab
TURTLE — [tur.tle] n [ME, fr. OE turtla, fr. L turtur] (bef. 12c) archaic: turtledove [2]turtle n, pl turtles also turtle often …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAWKSBILL — [hawks.bill] n (1712): a small brown or brown and yellow sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) of warm waters that has a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TURTLE — any member of the Chelonia, an ancient order of reptiles chiefly characterized by a shell that encloses the vital organs …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURTLE — one-man submarine, the first to be put to military use, built and designed by the American inventor David Bushnell (q.v.) …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURTLE — turtle BrE AmE ˈtɜːt ə l AmE \ ˈtɝːt̬ ə l ▷ turtle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAWKSBILL — hawksbill BrE AmE ˈhɔːks bɪl ˈhɑːks- ▷ hawksbill|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TURTLE — / ˈtɜːtl; NAmE ˈtɜːrtl/ noun 1. ( NAmE also ˈsea turtle ) a large reptile with a hard round shell, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURTLE — tur ‧ tle /ˈtɜːtl $ ˈtɜːrtl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: tortue ( …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TURTLE — n. 1 any of various marine or freshwater reptiles of the order Chelonia, encased in a shell of bony plates, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAWKSBILL — n. (in full hawksbill turtle) a small turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, yielding tortoiseshell.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TURTLE — n. 1 any of various marine or freshwater reptiles of the order Chelonia, encased in a shell of bony plates, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAWKSBILL — n. (in full hawksbill turtle) a small turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, yielding tortoiseshell.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TURTLE — n.1 any of various marine or freshwater reptiles of the order Chelonia, encased in a shell of bony plates, and …
Oxford English vocab
HAWKSBILL — n. (in full hawksbill turtle) a small turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, yielding tortoiseshell.
Oxford English vocab
TURTLE — ( turtles) 1. A turtle is a large reptile which has a thick shell covering its body and which lives …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURTLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE green ▪ But will the majestic green sea turtle survive us? ▪ Primo had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TURTLE — n. box turtle Little Turtle painted turtle snapping turtle softshell turtle
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TURTLE — n. Any of more than 250 species (order Chelonia) of reptiles having a bony shell overlaid with horny shields; found …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TURTLE — noun Turtle is used before these nouns: ↑ neck Turtle is used after these nouns: ↑ sea
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TURTLE — noun Also written turtle (Lifestyle and Leisure) (Youth Culture) In full, (in the US) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or (in …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
TURTLE — I сущ. 1) черепаха (преим. морская) fresh-water turtle land turtle snapping turtle 2) суп из черепахи ∙ to turn turtle …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TURTLE — turtle.ogg _I 1. ʹtɜ:tl n 1. черепаха ( преим. морская ) 2. 1> мясо черепахи 2> суп из черепахи ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TURTLE — I turtle сущ.1) черепаха (преим. морская) - fresh-water turtle - land turtle - snapping turtle 2) суп из черепахи•• to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TURTLE — _I 1. ʹtɜ:tl n 1. черепаха ( преим. морская ) 2. 1> мясо черепахи 2> суп из черепахи ( тж. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TURTLE — I ˈtətl сущ. 1) черепаха ( преим. морская ) - fresh-water turtle - land turtle - snapping turtle 2) суп …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TURTLE — I ['«„«®] turtle.wav сущ. 1) черепаха (преим. морская) - fresh-water turtle - land turtle - snapping turtle 2) суп из черепахи •• to turn turtle мор.; сл. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HAWKSBILL — герп. бисса (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HAWKSBILL — герп. бисса ( Eretmochelys imbricata )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TURTLE — I сущ. 1) черепаха (преим. морская) fresh-water turtle land turtle snapping turtle 2) суп из черепахи ∙ to turn turtle …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE — - hawksbill turtle
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE — = hawksbill turtle
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TORTOISESHELL — I. noun Date: 1632 the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEA TURTLE — noun Date: 1612 any of two families (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) of widely distributed marine turtles that have the feet modified …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORTOISESHELL — I. ˈtȯ(r)d.]əˌshel, -)t], ]əs(h)ˌshel\ noun 1. : a substance that forms the horny plates covering the shell of some turtles …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOOF — I. ˈhu̇]f, ˈhü] noun ( plural hooves ]vz ; or hoofs ]fs) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōf; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAWKBILL — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or hawkbill turtle Etymology: hawk (I) + bill : hawksbill turtle II. adjective Etymology: hawk (I) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL TURTLE — noun : hawksbill turtle
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHELL TURTLE — noun : hawksbill turtle
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA TURTLE — noun or sea tortoise : any of various large turtles having the feet modified into paddles, including the recent leatherback, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAREY — kəˈrā noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, from Taino 1. : hawksbill turtle 2. : the tortoiseshell obtained from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA TURTLE
Britannica English vocabulary
REPTILE — Synonyms and related words : Gila monster, Reptilia, agama, alligator, amphibian, anguine, animal, anole, aquatic, atiptoe, batrachian, bearded lizard, beast, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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