Meanings
plural hawksbill turtles
- A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).
Synonyms: hawksbill sea turtle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).
More synonyms by meaning
nounpugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The turtle's head has a sharply hooked beak, supposed to resemble the bill of a hawk.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tortuga carei
- tortuga careiturtle species
Dutch karetschildpad
- karetschildpadturtle species
Finnish karettikilpikonna
- karettikilpikonnaturtle species
French tortue imbriquée
- tortue imbriquéeturtle species
German Echte Karettschildkröte
- Echte Karettschildkröteturtle species
Hungarian közönséges cserepesteknős
- közönséges cserepesteknősturtle species
Irish turtar frithghobach
- turtar frithghobachturtle species
Japanese 玳瑁
- 玳瑁 (taimai)turtle species
Korean 매부리바다거북
- 매부리바다거북 (maeburibadageobuk)turtle species
Polish żółw szylkretowy
- żółw szylkretowyturtle species
Portuguese tartaruga-de-pente
- tartaruga-de-penteturtle species
Russian би́сса
- би́сса (bíssa)turtle species
Spanish tortuga de carey, tortuga carey
- tortuga de careyturtle species
- tortuga careyturtle species
- careyturtle species
Vietnamese đồi mồi
- đồi mồiturtle species
Welsh crwban môr gwalchbig
- crwban môr gwalchbigturtle species
Cite this entry
hawksbill turtle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawksbill%20turtle
“hawksbill turtle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawksbill%20turtle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hawksbill turtle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawksbill%20turtle.
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