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turtle

noun as in reptile

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The lizards bowed, followed by the turtles and the frogs.

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A snapping turtle emerges and settles a few feet away.

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Walking in New York City, he noted a basket of living turtles “dry as a heap of old bones in the sun.”

The green turtle is no longer endangered, it said, citing "decades of sustained conservation action" that saw its population recover by 28 percent since the 1970s.

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The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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