Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mary river turtle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: mary river -tur-tle
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of turtle, Elusor macrurus, endemic to the Mary River in southeastern Queensland.

Example Sentences

"Conservationists trying to save the Mary river turtle have had to resort to selling turtle chocolates and soliciting donations from the United Arab Emirates to try to help save the endangered reptile from extinction."

Inflected Forms

Mary River turtles (plural)

Questions

What does mary river turtle mean?: A species of turtle, Elusor macrurus, endemic to the Mary River in southeastern Queensland.

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