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Noun: leathery turtle
  1. Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
    - leatherback turtle, leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea

Derived forms: leathery turtles

Type of: marine turtle, sea turtle

Part of: Dermochelys, genus Dermochelys

Encyclopedia: Leathery turtle