green sea turtle

noun

Any member of the species Chelonia mydas of large sea turtles, the only species of the genus Chelonia.

Similar
green turtleblack turtleblack sea turtlePacific green turtle

Meanings

noungreen sea turtle (plural green sea turtles)

plural green sea turtles

  1. Any member of the species Chelonia mydas of large sea turtles, the only species of the genus Chelonia.

    Synonyms: green turtle, black turtle, black sea turtle, Pacific green turtle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the species Chelonia mydas of large sea turtles, the only species of the genus Chelonia.

Similar
green turtleblack turtleblack sea turtlePacific green turtle

Translations

Bulgarian зеле́на мо́рска костену́рка
  • зеле́на мо́рска костену́рка (zeléna mórska kostenúrka)species
Catalan tortuga verda
  • tortuga verdaspecies
Chinese Cantonese 綠海龜 /绿海龟
  • 綠海龜 /绿海龟 (luk⁶ hoi² gwai¹)species
Chinese Mandarin 綠蠵龜 /绿蠵龟
  • 綠蠵龜 /绿蠵龟 (lǜxīguī)species
Dutch soepschildpad, groene zeeschildpad
  • soepschildpadspecies
  • groene zeeschildpadspecies
  • krapéspecies
Finnish liemikilpikonna
  • liemikilpikonnaspecies
French tortue verte
  • tortue vertespecies
German Suppenschildkröte
  • Suppenschildkrötespecies
Hungarian közönséges levesteknős
  • közönséges levesteknősspecies
Korean 바다거북
  • 바다거북 (badageobuk)species
Polish żółw jadalny, żółw zielony
  • żółw jadalnyspecies
  • żółw zielonyspecies
Portuguese tartaruga-verde
  • tartaruga-verdespecies
Russian зелёная черепа́ха, зелёная морска́я черепа́ха
  • зелёная черепа́ха (zeljónaja čerepáxa)species
  • зелёная морска́я черепа́ха (zeljónaja morskája čerepáxa)species
  • супова́я черепа́ха (supovája čerepáxa)species
Vietnamese rùa xanh, đồi mồi dứa
  • rùa xanhspecies
  • đồi mồi dứaspecies
Welsh crwban môr gwyrdd
  • crwban môr gwyrddspecies
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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