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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1855 the largest existing sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) distinguished by its flexible carapace composed of a mosaic of small bones embedded in a thick leathery skin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a large marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having a thick leathery carapace.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Leatherback Leath"er*back`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.