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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell;
[syn: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret. Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

hawksbill \hawks"bill\ n. See hawkbill. Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Eretmochelys imbricata n 1: pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata]