caret

Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata#Translingual

(archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).


ridley

Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.


loggerhead

From logger (“(dialectal) heavy wooden block secured to a horse's leg to prevent it from straying”) + head. Logger was apparently coined because its sound connotes a clumsy, heavy object; compare log (“trunk of a dead tree; bulky piece of wood”).

compound

Loggerheads, from the resemblance of its knobbed involucres to a weapon so called, consisting of a ball of iron at the end of a stick, the knapweed, the Clobbewed of old MSS. Centaurea nigra, L.

1863, R[ichard] C[handler] A[lexander] Prior, “Loggerheads”, in On the Popular Names of British Plants, […], London, Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, […], →OCLC, page 137:

Bolwes, loggerheads, centaurea nigra. […] Bolwes is balls, the hard round heads of the wort. Loggerheads is a name I have often heard in Oxfordshire.

1866, “Saxon Names of Worts and Trees”, in Oswald Cockayne, editor, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England. […] (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores), volume III, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, →OCLC, page 315, column 1:

(Midlands, dialectal, often in the plural) A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

But here is a ſpecies of ducks, called the loggerhead, from its large head. They have ſhort wings, are unable to fly, and only ſwim and flap along on the water at an extraordinary rate.

1775 November 9, William Clayton, “V. An Account of the Falkland Islands”, in Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, volume XLVI, part I, number 446, London: Printed by W[illiam] Bowyer and J[ohn] Nichols; for Lockyer Davis, […], printer to the Royal Society, published 1776, →OCLC, page 104:

A ſpecies of duck, as large as a gooſe, and called the loggerhead duck at the Falkland Iſlands, is here met with, which beats the water with its wings and feet, and runs along the ſea with inconceivable velocity; […]

1810 July, Jedidiah Morse, “Terra del Fuego Island”, in The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting a Full Account of the Civil Divisions, Rivers, Harbors, Indian Tribes, &c. of the American Continent: […], 3rd revised and corrected edition, Boston, Mass.: Thomas & Andrews […], →OCLC:

Micropterus cinereus (Gm.). (Loggerhead Duck.) This Duck, which is called the ‘Loggerhead’ in the Falkland Islands, frequents the salt water. […] Looking for the Loggerhead’s eggs, which are esteemed a great delicacy, is a great amusement to all the boys in Stanley.

1861 April, C[harles] C[onrad] Abbott, “XV.—Notes on the Birds of the Falkland Islands”, in Philip Lutley Sclater, editor, The Ibis, a Magazine of General Ornithology, volume III, number X, London: N[icholas] Trübner and Co., […], →OCLC, paragraph 42, page 161:

Tachyeres brachypterus
Tachyeres brachypterus#Translingual

Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands.

[E]arly in the season, a pair of Loggerheads, Tyrannus caudifasciatus, appropriated the same tree to themselves, and commenced constructing their nest. The Mocking birds were seen constantly in the square, but never interrupted or interfered with them until they had nearly completed the nest; they then drove away the Loggerheads, took possession of it, added a few sticks to the outwork, laid the eggs and hatched the young brood. The poor Loggerheads hovered about the place in great distress for a few days, but never attempted to regain possession of their property.

1863 October–November, W. T. March, S[pencer] F[ullerton] Baird, “(Communicated by the Smithsonian Institution.) Notes on the Birds of Jamaica. […]”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, number 6, Philadelphia, Pa.: Academy of Natural Sciences, […], →OCLC, page 291:

loggerhead kingbird
loggerhead kingbird#English

The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.

[…] I have received here also one of the parent birds, and in this instance I have been again surprised to learn that it is the Loggerhead, and not borealis or excubitoroides, that is the species referred to. […] So that we have in all ten well-authenticated instances of the Loggerhead breeding in the very heart of two of the most northerly of the New England States.

1879 April, T[homas] M[ayo] Brewer, “General Notes. [The Loggerhead Shrike (Colluro ludovicianus) Breeding in Northern New England.]”, in Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, volume IV, number 2, Cambridge, Mass.: Published by the [Nuttall Ornithological] Club, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119:

Lanius ludovicianus
Lanius ludovicianus#Translingual

The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.

Sternotherus minor (Agassiz) / Loggerhead musk-turtle / […] Most numerous in large calcareous springs, where they may be seen at night wandering around on the bottom, especially about piles of debris.

1940 January, Archie Fairly Carr, Jr., “Annotated List”, in A Contribution to the Herpetology of Florida (University of Florida Biological Science Series; vol. III, no. 1), [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida, →OCLC, page 96:

The loggerhead (S[ternotherus] m[inor] minor) and stripe-necked (S. m. peltifer) musk turtles represent two distinct subspecies of a species with a tan to brown carapace with black streaking and overlapping scutes down the center of the carapace. […] The head of old loggerhead musk turtles becomes disproportionately enlarged, as does the front half of the entire shell.

2008, Kurl Buhlmann, Tracey Tuberville, Whit Gibbons, “Loggerhead and Striped-head Musk Turtles”, in Turtles of the Southeast (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book), Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 131:

loggerhead musk turtle
loggerhead musk turtle#English

The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States.

The Loggerhead is ſo called from the largeneſs of its head, which is much bigger in proportion than that of other kinds. The fleſh of this alſo is very rank, and not eaten but in caſe of neceſſity.

1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of the Tortoise, and Its Kinds”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume VI, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, part IV (Of Crustaceous and Testaceous Fishes), page 361:

[O]ur boat was hoisted out, and a loggerhead turtle struck as it was sleeping on the surface of the water. […] Dr. Patrick Browne, in his Natural History of Jamaica, mentions the hawksbill, the green turtle, and the loggerhead only. […] The loggerhead from which his description was taken was caught near the Western Islands, many leagues out at sea.

1850 November, “Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist. Part XI.”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XLII, number CCLI, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, page 548:

The currest estimated number of loggerhead females nesting annually from North Carolina to Key Biscayne, Florida is 20,640 (± 6,328). This nesting level has been relatively stable since 1980 and accounts for about 98 percent of all loggerhead nesting within the continental United States.

1987 February 20, “Affected Environment”, in Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement on Listing and Protecting the Green Sea Turtle, Loggerhead Sea Turtle and the Pacific Ridley Sea Turtle under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, [Washington, D.C.]: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, →OCLC, section III.A.1 (Loggerheads), page 33:

loggerhead sea turtle
loggerhead sea turtle#English

Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta#Translingual

The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.


leatherback

Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea#Translingual

A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.


tortoiseshell

en-noun

tortoiseshell (usually uncountable, plural tortoiseshells)

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛl/

/ˈtɔː(ɹ)təsˌʃɛl/

želvovina

covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle


honu

Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas#Translingual


loggerhead turtle

loggerhead turtle (plural loggerhead turtles)

A large, carnivorous marine turtle, Caretta caretta, found in warm seas


żółw

pl-noun

żółw m animal (female equivalent żółwica, diminutive żółwik, related adjective żółwi or żółwiowy)

żółwica (feminine)
żółwik (diminutive)
żółwi (adjective)
żółwiowy (adjective)
żółw (nominative singular)
żółwie (nominative plural)
żółwia (genitive singular)
żółwi (genitive plural)
żółwiowi (dative singular)
żółwiom (dative plural)
żółwia (accusative singular)
żółwie (accusative plural)
żółwiem (instrumental singular)
żółwiami (instrumental plural)
żółwiu (locative singular)
żółwiach (locative plural)
żółwiu (singular vocative)
żółwie (plural vocative)

turtle (any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body)

sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)


hawksbill

From hawk + -s- + bill; so named because its sharp beak is reminiscent of a hawk's.

A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.


green turtle

Among the archipelago's ecological attractions are turtles and avians. The green turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by ROC law.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310:


green sea turtle

en-noun

green sea turtle (plural green sea turtles)

Any of species Chelonia mydas of large sea turtles, the only species of the genus Chelonia.


hawksbill turtle

hawksbill turtle (plural hawksbill turtles)

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

A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).


Meeresschildkröte

de-noun

Meeresschildkröte f (genitive Meeresschildkröte, plural Meeresschildkröten)

Meeresschildkröte (genitive)
Meeresschildkröten (plural)
Meeresschildkröte (nominative singular)
Meeresschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Meeresschildkröte (genitive singular)
Meeresschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Meeresschildkröte (dative singular)
Meeresschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Meeresschildkröte (accusative singular)
Meeresschildkröten (accusative definite plural)


Karette

Karette f (genitive Karette, plural Karetten)

Karette (genitive)
Karetten (plural)
Karette (nominative singular)
Karetten (definite nominative plural)
Karette (genitive singular)
Karetten (definite genitive plural)
Karette (dative singular)
Karetten (dative definite plural)
Karette (accusative singular)
Karetten (accusative definite plural)

From translingual Caretta, from French caret, from Spanish carey.


Suppenschildkröte

Suppenschildkröte f (genitive Suppenschildkröte, plural Suppenschildkröten)

Suppenschildkröte (genitive)
Suppenschildkröten (plural)
Suppenschildkröte (nominative singular)
Suppenschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Suppenschildkröte (genitive singular)
Suppenschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Suppenschildkröte (dative singular)
Suppenschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Suppenschildkröte (accusative singular)
Suppenschildkröten (accusative definite plural)

Suppe (“soup”) + -n- + Schildkröte (“turtle”)


schwarze Suppenschildkröte

de-noun

schwarze Suppenschildkröte f (definite nominative die schwarze Suppenschildkröte, genitive schwarzer Suppenschildkröte, definite genitive der schwarzen Suppenschildkröte, plural schwarze Suppenschildkröten, definite plural die schwarzen Suppenschildkröten)

die schwarze Suppenschildkröte (definite nominative)
schwarzer Suppenschildkröte (genitive)
der schwarzen Suppenschildkröte (definite genitive)
schwarze Suppenschildkröten (plural)
die schwarzen Suppenschildkröten (definite plural)


unechte Karettschildkröte

unechte Karettschildkröte f (definite nominative die unechte Karettschildkröte, genitive unechter Karettschildkröte, definite genitive der unechten Karettschildkröte, plural unechte Karettschildkröten, definite plural die unechten Karettschildkröten)

die unechte Karettschildkröte (definite nominative)
unechter Karettschildkröte (genitive)
der unechten Karettschildkröte (definite genitive)
unechte Karettschildkröten (plural)
die unechten Karettschildkröten (definite plural)

loggerhead sea turtle
loggerhead sea turtle


echte Karettschildkröte

echte Karettschildkröte f (definite nominative die echte Karettschildkröte, genitive echter Karettschildkröte, definite genitive der echten Karettschildkröte, plural echte Karettschildkröten, definite plural die echten Karettschildkröten)

die echte Karettschildkröte (definite nominative)
echter Karettschildkröte (genitive)
der echten Karettschildkröte (definite genitive)
echte Karettschildkröten (plural)
die echten Karettschildkröten (definite plural)
echte Karettschildkröte (nominative singular strong)
echte Karettschildkröten (nominative plural strong)
echter Karettschildkröte (genitive singular strong)
echter Karettschildkröten (genitive plural strong)
echter Karettschildkröte (dative singular strong)
echten Karettschildkröten (dative plural strong)
echte Karettschildkröte (accusative singular strong)
echte Karettschildkröten (accusative plural strong)
echte Karettschildkröte (nominative singular weak)
echten Karettschildkröten (nominative plural weak)
echten Karettschildkröte (genitive singular weak)
echten Karettschildkröten (genitive plural weak)
echten Karettschildkröte (dative singular weak)
echten Karettschildkröten (dative plural weak)
echte Karettschildkröte (accusative singular weak)
echten Karettschildkröten (accusative plural weak)
echte Karettschildkröte (mixed nominative singular)
echten Karettschildkröten (mixed nominative plural)
echten Karettschildkröte (genitive mixed singular)
echten Karettschildkröten (genitive mixed plural)
echten Karettschildkröte (dative mixed singular)
echten Karettschildkröten (dative mixed plural)
echte Karettschildkröte (accusative mixed singular)
echten Karettschildkröten (accusative mixed plural)

hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)


Bastardschildkröte

Bastardschildkröte f (genitive Bastardschildkröte, plural Bastardschildkröten)

Bastardschildkröte (genitive)
Bastardschildkröten (plural)
Bastardschildkröte (nominative singular)
Bastardschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Bastardschildkröte (genitive singular)
Bastardschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Bastardschildkröte (dative singular)
Bastardschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Bastardschildkröte (accusative singular)
Bastardschildkröten (accusative definite plural)

From Bastard (“hybrid”) + Schildkröte (“turtle”), because they were once mistakenly believed to be a hybrid of the green sea turtle and the loggerhead sea turtle.

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ridley sea turtle (sea turtle of the genus Lepidochelys)


Oliv-Bastardschildkröte

de-noun

Oliv-Bastardschildkröte f (genitive Oliv-Bastardschildkröte, plural Oliv-Bastardschildkröten)

Oliv-Bastardschildkröte (genitive)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröten (plural)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröte (nominative singular)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröte (genitive singular)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröte (dative singular)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröte (accusative singular)
Oliv-Bastardschildkröten (accusative definite plural)

oliv (“olive green”) + Bastardschildkröte (“ridely sea turtle”)

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olive ridley sea turtle
olive ridley sea turtle

olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)


Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte

de-noun

Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte f (genitive Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte, plural Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten)

Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte (genitive)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten (plural)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte (nominative singular)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte (genitive singular)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte (dative singular)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte (accusative singular)
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröten (accusative definite plural)

Atlantik (“Atlantic Ocean”) + Bastardschildkröte (“ridley sea turtle”)


Wallriffschildkröte

de-noun

Wallriffschildkröte f (genitive Wallriffschildkröte, plural Wallriffschildkröten)

Wallriffschildkröte (genitive)
Wallriffschildkröten (plural)
Wallriffschildkröte (nominative singular)
Wallriffschildkröten (definite nominative plural)
Wallriffschildkröte (genitive singular)
Wallriffschildkröten (definite genitive plural)
Wallriffschildkröte (dative singular)
Wallriffschildkröten (dative definite plural)
Wallriffschildkröte (accusative singular)
Wallriffschildkröten (accusative definite plural)

From Wallriff (“barrier reef”) + Schildkröte (“turtle”).


dermochelyid

Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan 1988; Hirayama and Chitoku 1996).

2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles:

(zoology) Any of the family Dermochelyidae of marine turtles.


chelonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.


cheloniid

(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.


dermochelid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Dermochelidae, comprising only one species: the leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea.


sphargid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Sphargidae, a synonym for the Dermochelyidae.


olive ridley sea turtle

en-noun

olive ridley sea turtle (plural olive ridley sea turtles)

Lepidochelys olivacea, a species of sea turtle


đồi mồi

head

đồi mồi • (玳瑁)

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 玳瑁 (SV: đại mội). Compare Mandarin 玳瑁 (dàimào, đại mạo / dàimèi, đại mội), Cantonese 玳瑁 (doi⁶ mui⁶, đại mội), Japanese 玳瑁 (taimai, đại mội), Korean 대모 (daemo, from Chinese 玳瑁 (đại mạo)). Compare also loài and loại, vì and vị, mùi and vị, từ and tự, ngoài and ngoại.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">đại mội</i>

cog

from Chinese <i class="Hani mention" lang="zh">玳瑁</i> (đại mạo)

hawksbill sea turtle
hawksbill sea turtle#English


chelonioid

Any sea turtle of the superfamily Chelonioidea


flatback

A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.


pawikan

From Proto-Philippine *pawíkan. Compare Bikol Central pawikan, Cebuano pawikan, Sangir puikang, Tombulu puikan,
Tontemboan poikan and Tausug payukan.


Kemp's ridley sea turtle

en-noun

Kemp's ridley sea turtle (plural Kemp's ridley sea turtles)

Lepidochelys kempii, a species of sea turtle


hawksbill sea turtle

hawksbill sea turtle (plural hawksbill sea turtles)

Eretmochelys imbricata, a critically endangered sea turtle.


soepschildpad

nl-noun

soepschildpad f (plural soepschildpadden, diminutive soepschildpadje n)

soepschildpadden (plural)
soepschildpadje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of soep (“soup”) + schildpad (“turtle, tortoise”).


groene zeeschildpad

nl-noun

groene zeeschildpad f (plural groene zeeschildpadden)

Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)


groene schildpad

groene schildpad f (plural groene schildpadden)

(now uncommon) Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)


dermochelyoid

Any sea turtle of the clade Dermochelyoidae


szylkret

szylkret (nominative singular)
szylkrety (nominative plural)
szylkretu (genitive singular)
szylkretów (genitive plural)
szylkretowi (dative singular)
szylkretom (dative plural)
szylkret (accusative singular)
szylkrety (accusative plural)
szylkretem (instrumental singular)
szylkretami (instrumental plural)
szylkrecie (locative singular)
szylkretach (locative plural)
szylkrecie (singular vocative)
szylkrety (plural vocative)

(anatomy) tortoiseshell (covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle in the form of horn plates)

tortoiseshell (material derived from these plates, used, among other things, to make small ornamental objects)


żółw morski

żółw morski (nominative singular)
żółwie morskie (nominative plural)
żółwia morskiego (genitive singular)
żółwi morskich (genitive plural)
żółwiowi morskiemu (dative singular)
żółwiom morskim (dative plural)
żółwia morskiego (accusative singular)
żółwie morskie (accusative plural)
żółwiem morskim (instrumental singular)
żółwiami morskimi (instrumental plural)
żółwiu morskim (locative singular)
żółwiach morskich (locative plural)
żółwiu morski (singular vocative)
żółwie morskie (plural vocative)


carei

Borrowed from Spanish carey, from Taíno carey.


tortuga verda

ca-noun

tortuga verda f (plural tortugues verdes)


crwban môr

crwbanod môr (plural)
crwban môr
grwban môr (soft)
nghrwban môr
chrwban môr


tortuga llaüt

tortuga llaüt f (plural tortugues llaüt)


매부리바다거북

매 (mae, “hawk”) + 부리 (buri, “bill”) + 바다거북 (badageobuk, “sea turtle”).

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hawksbill sea turtle
hawksbill sea turtle


바다거북

바다 (bada, “sea”) + 거북 (geobuk, “turtle”)

A sea turtle, particularly the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).


krapé

Likely of Amerindian origin, compare Old Tupi karambé. Cognate of Sranan Tongo krape.

(Suriname) Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)