tortuga de mar

Definitions of tortuga de mar
  1. noun
    any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
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    types:
    tortuga verde
    large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup
    tortuga carey
    pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
    type of:
    galápago, tortuga
    any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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