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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Scientists estimate a garbage truck's worth of plastic waste enters the oceans every minute, where large debris threatens fish, sea turtles and marine mammals with entanglement and smaller plastics enter the ocean food web.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This suggests sea turtles have two separate senses for perceiving magnetic fields.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
In the wild, sea turtles are primarily foraging downward on the sea floor for their food.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Leatherback sea turtles enjoy a gelatinous diet of jellyfish and sea squirts, the WWF reports.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This suggests sea turtles have two separate senses for perceiving magnetic fields.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
In the wild, sea turtles are primarily foraging downward on the sea floor for their food.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Leatherback sea turtles enjoy a gelatinous diet of jellyfish and sea squirts, the WWF reports.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Sea turtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20turtle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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