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sea turtle

US/ˈsi ˌtɝ.tl̩/

sea turtle noun: any turtle that inhabits oceans, especially of the superfamily Chelonioidea.

sea turtle: any turtle that inhabits oceans, especially of the superfamily Chelonioidea
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Noun

sea turtle (plural sea turtles)

  1. Any turtle that inhabits oceans, especially of the superfamily Chelonioidea.
    Synonyms:
    sea tortoise

sea turtle meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Malay and Indonesian

sea turtle in Tamil

கடலாமை, நீர்ப்பச்சை, நீராமை

sea turtle in Malayalam

sea turtle
കടലാമ kaṭalāma

sea turtle in Malay

any turtle that inhabits oceans
penyu

sea turtle in Indonesian

any turtle that inhabits oceans
penyu
More languagesFewer languages
sea turtle in Thai
เต่าทะเล
sea turtle in Vietnamese
rùa biển
Kashmiri
کرٕٛم

Synonyms of sea turtle

Forms of sea turtle

pluralsea turtles
alternative formseaturtle
alternative formsea-turtle

Words formed from sea turtle

Questions about sea turtle

What does sea turtle mean?
Sea turtle means any turtle that inhabits oceans, especially of the superfamily Chelonioidea.
What is sea turtle in Tamil?
Sea turtle in Tamil is கடலாமை, நீர்ப்பச்சை, நீராமை. See Sea turtle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sea turtle?
Sea turtle is a noun.
How do you pronounce sea turtle?
Sea turtle is pronounced /ˈsi ˌtɝ.tl̩/ (US).
What is the plural of sea turtle?
The plural of sea turtle is sea turtles.

Words near sea turtle in the dictionary

  1. sea trouts
  2. sea trumpet
  3. sea trumpets
  4. sea turn
  5. sea turns
  6. sea turtle
  7. sea turtles
  8. sea twine
  9. sea unicorn
  10. sea unicorns
  11. sea urchin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea turtle (page history and authors); sea turtle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കടലാമ (Malayalam) (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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