green turtle

Meanings

noungreen turtle (plural green turtles)

A green sea turtle (Chelonia spp.).
Among the archipelago's ecological attractions are turtles and avians. The green turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by ROC law.
2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310

nounlarge tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup

Similar

Chelonia mydas

Broader

sea turtlemarine turtle

Also see

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