单词 | tortoiseshell turtle |
释义 | > as lemmastortoiseshell turtle tortoiseshell turtle n. the hawk's-bill turtle, or other species from which tortoiseshell is obtained. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Cheloniidae > member of genus Eretmochelys (hawk's-bill) hawk's-bill turtle1657 whooping turtle1712 hawkbilla1757 tortoiseshell turtle1886 1886 St. G. Mivart in Encycl. Brit. XX. 446/2 In the other Chelonians there are large epidermal shields, which may overlap, as in the Tortoise-shell Turtle (C[helonia] imbricata) and others. < as lemmas |
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