sea turtle
noun
: any of two families (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) of widely distributed marine turtles that have the feet modified into paddles and that include the green turtle, leatherback, hawksbill, loggerhead, and ridley
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Meisen says shallow water dives near Papeete also feature small sharks, healthy coral and sea turtles—none of which divers are likely to find in freshwater quarries.
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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Erin battered beaches and sea turtle nests along much of the Atlantic coast.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
And so the kids and the staff at the hotel kind of like scooped up these baby sea turtles, took 'em to the ocean, and then yeah, my kids got to actually swim out to sea with some of those sea turtles.
—Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
The tiny carcasses were discovered during a beach nest survey by the nonprofit Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol, which works to protect the five species of endangered sea turtles found in Florida waters.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Erin battered beaches and sea turtle nests along much of the Atlantic coast.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
And so the kids and the staff at the hotel kind of like scooped up these baby sea turtles, took 'em to the ocean, and then yeah, my kids got to actually swim out to sea with some of those sea turtles.
—Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
The tiny carcasses were discovered during a beach nest survey by the nonprofit Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol, which works to protect the five species of endangered sea turtles found in Florida waters.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Sea turtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20turtle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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