loggerhead turtle

loggerhead turtle

n. A large sea turtle (Caretta caretta) inhabiting warm and temperate waters worldwide, having a large head with powerful jaws.

log′gerhead tur′tle

n. a large sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head and a rounded carapace. [1650–60]

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loggerhead turtle - very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seasCaretta caretta, loggerheadmarine turtle, sea turtle - any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seasCaretta, genus Caretta - loggerhead turtles