How to Use spotted turtle in a Sentence

spotted turtle

noun
  • The privately run Lake Katherine in Palos Heights also is a good place to spot turtles, beavers, and herons.
    Paige Fumo Fox, Daily Southtown, 2018-06-13
  • Ride a longboat down the Tiputini River with an indigenous guide, who will help us spot turtles, tapirs, and caimans bobbing at the water’s surface.
    National Geographic, 2019-09-10
  • Two flight attendants were arrested in Los Angeles carrying live spotted turtles to Asia in personal baggage, said Interpol.
    Washington Post, 2018-06-20
  • The fixed-wing drone flew 300 feet above the water off the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, offering an expanded view and the ability to let researchers spot turtles swimming just below the ocean’s surface.
    Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 2018-01-17

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