loggerhead turtle
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loggerhead turtle
n.
A large sea turtle (Caretta caretta) inhabiting warm and temperate waters worldwide, having a large head with powerful jaws.
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log′gerhead tur′tle
n.
a large sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head and a rounded carapace.
[1650–60]
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Noun | 1. | loggerhead turtle - very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas marine turtle, sea turtle - any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas Caretta, genus Caretta - loggerhead turtles |
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