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leatherback

DEFINITIONS OF: leatherback

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n wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle

Synonyms:
Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle
Type of:
marine turtle, sea turtle
any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
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