Definition of Caretta
:a genus of marine turtles (family Chelonidae) comprising all the loggerhead turtles or in some classifications solely the common loggerhead (C. caretta)
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Caretta
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Ca·ret·ta
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kəˈretə
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Origin and Etymology of caretta
borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from French caret “loggerhead turtle,” borrowed from Spanish carey “hawksbill turtle,” perhaps of Arawakan origin
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