Sea tur·tle Zool. (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
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sea turtle
n : any of various large turtles with limbs modified into
flippers; widely distributed in warm seas [syn: marine
turtle]