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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas [syn: sea turtle, marine turtle]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1612 any of two families (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) of widely distributed marine turtles that have the feet modified into paddles and that include the green turtle, leatherback, hawksbill, loggerhead, and ridley

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sea turtle Sea" tur"tle (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b) The sea pigeon, or guillemot.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sea turtles) A sea turtle is a large reptile which has a thick shell covering its body and which lives in the sea most of the time. (AM; in BRIT, use turtle) N-COUNT