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Main Entry:	turtle [tur-tl] Show IPA/ˈtɜrtl/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	reptile
Synonyms:	chelonian, cooter, leatherback, loggerhead, slowpoke, snapper, terrapin, testudinal, tortoise
Notes:	turtle is applied to those living in water and tortoise to those that live on land, while terrapins live in fresh water; turtle and tortoise may come from the Latin root tort, with reference to the animals' twisted feet

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Sea turtle hatchlings become disoriented by lights on the beach from businesses and homes.

My red interview turtle neck with the little white stars worked out pretty well.

Their engineering division spends its time building football pitches, mending roads and righting cars that have turned turtle.

Sea turtle hatchlings become disoriented by lights on the beach from businesses and homes.

My red interview turtle neck with the little white stars worked out pretty well.

Their engineering division spends its time building football pitches, mending roads and righting cars that have turned turtle.

The findings shed light on turtle evolution, the researchers add.

Yet, locals maybe are not aware that if this turtle die, part of their culture will die.

They found that a turtle with a tall shell simply waggles its head and feet to start rolling over.

Other flavors include turtle truffles and hazelnut croquantines.

Earth is a flat plate carried on the back of a giant turtle.

Some have been paid to guard turtle eggs on the beaches, earning more if their turtles successfully hatch and make it to the sea.

Leatherback turtles are an endangered species of sea turtle found throughout the world's oceans.

The critters-a profusion of different varieties and sizes from tiny turtle to giant carp-must make do with close quarters.

For one thing, it's awfully hard to make a snapping turtle cute.

Embroidered, greenish leather exterior resembles an ugly turtle.

One barbecue boasts a turtle cooked on its back, in its shell.

Commercial longline fishing operations are known to contribute to the decline of sea turtle populations.

It seems as though you have to be a scientist and do these things yourself if you don't want to move at the pace of the turtle.

The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish color of its skin and shell, or carapace.

Archile and turtle move in space only and not in time.

The lagoons are also home to four species of the endangered marine turtle.

Follow a turtle on her journey from her nest to the open ocean, and back again.

Ironically, a huge solar generating station in the desert is being stopped because of a turtle.

For those of you who haven't been there, it's right across from a turtle pond, not too far away from the prairie dogs.

After millions of years of survival, the far-ranging leatherback turtle is in desperate trouble.

The back of each turtle seems to dance with reflected light.

Saving the turtle from extinction could be complicated, scientists find.

The runway becomes a turtle crossing every year around this time as the terrapins gear up to reproduce.

Turtle and kedves have nailed this one down overall.

Largest of the hard-shelled turtles, the endangered loggerhead sea turtle can be found in all but the coldest ocean waters.

Roads also fragment and isolate turtle habitats by establishing a barrier to migration and the movement of individuals.

Turtle already has one ready to go, and it'll surely not be the only player in this funny little niche.

But students observing a turtle vivisection knew that the heart still expanded after the vena cava was severed.

Volunteers swab turtle mouths with gauze pads and also employ a secret weapon-mayonnaise.

Populations are now so depleted that every marine turtle species is endangered, some critically.

Believing the world is sitting on the back of a turtle is kind of nuts but not very.

The leatherback also propels itself with an efficiency no other sea turtle can match.

Turtle eggs need to incubate in sandy nests without parental patrols for about two months.

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