turtlet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide."
- "Only recollect when, off Ceylon, I picked up that pretty little turtlet, which you all contended was a log of wood,—but I knew he was a turtle."
- "Of course comparatively very few individuals of a brood of several dozen Turtlets reach maturity, but they meet with their death through Sea-birds, Crocodiles, Sharks, and similar enemies, which in all probability swallow them regardless of the number of disposition of their victims' scutes."
- "Imagine a dark mite of a turtlet struggling to the surface in the middle of a huge expanse of white sand over and on which numerous enemies are lurking. It behooves the mite to get to the sea as soon as possible, but how can it know which way to go?"
- "She craned forward to watch exactly what happened and saw that the turtlet in the centre of the three was moving its head slowly from side to side."
- "Soon, about 30 young turtlets are circling the illuminated hatching point; the light from our guide's lamp acts as a fence, keeping them grouped together."