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leatherback

/ˈlɛ.ðɚ.bæk/

leatherback noun: any member of the species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles with leathery backs.

leatherback: any member of the species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles with leathery backs
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Noun

leatherback (plural leatherbacks)

  1. Any member of the species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles with leathery backs.
  2. A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan).

leatherback meaning in Tamil

leatherback in Tamil

தோல்முதுகு ஆமை

Forms of leatherback

pluralleatherbacks

Origin of leatherback

From leather + back.

Questions about leatherback

What does leatherback mean?
Leatherback means any member of the species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles with leathery backs.
What is leatherback in Tamil?
Leatherback in Tamil is தோல்முதுகு ஆமை. See Leatherback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leatherback?
Leatherback is a noun.
How do you pronounce leatherback?
Leatherback is pronounced /ˈlɛ.ðɚ.bæk/.
What is the plural of leatherback?
The plural of leatherback is leatherbacks.

Words near leatherback in the dictionary

  1. leather-britches
  2. leather-coat
  3. leather-coats
  4. leather-hard
  5. leather-lunged
  6. leatherback
  7. leatherbacks
  8. leatherbark
  9. Leatherbarrow
  10. Leatherberry
  11. Leatherberrys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leatherback (page history and authors); leatherback (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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