green turtle

/grin ˌtʌrdl/
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Other forms: green turtles

Definitions of green turtle
  1. noun
    large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup
    synonyms: Chelonia mydas
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    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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