Kemp's ridley
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noun \ˈkemps-\Definition of KEMP'S RIDLEY
: a small gray sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) with a wide rounded shell that occurs especially in the Gulf of Mexico and along the United States Atlantic coast —called also Kemp's ridley turtle
Origin of KEMP'S RIDLEY
Richard M. Kemp fl1873 American amateur naturalist
First Known Use: 1979
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