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hawks'bill tur'tle



Pronunciation: (hôks'bil"), [key]
a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species. Also called hawks'bill", hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle.

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