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hawksbill turtle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
hawks-bil-l -tur-tle
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).

Etymology

The turtle's head has a sharply hooked beak, supposed to resemble the bill of a hawk.

Inflected Forms

hawksbill turtles (plural)

Synonyms

hawksbill sea turtle hawksbill hawkbill tortoiseshell turtle eretmochelys imbricata

Questions

What does hawksbill turtle mean?
A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).
Where does hawksbill turtle come from?
The turtle's head has a sharply hooked beak, supposed to resemble the bill of a hawk.

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