turtlet
turtlet noun: a small or baby turtle.
Noun
turtlet (plural turtlets)
- A small or baby turtle.
- The turtlet scurried across the sandy beach, its tiny legs moving quickly as it searched for a safe place to hide.
- Only recollect when, off Ceylon, I picked up that pretty little turtlet, which you all contended was a log of wood,—but I knew he was a turtle.1831, Edward John Trelawny, Adventures of a Younger Son, volume 3, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, page 31
- Synonyms:
- turtling
Examples of turtlet in a sentence
- Imagine a dark mite of a turtlet struggling to the surface in the middle of a huge expanse of white sand over and on which numerous enemies are lurking.1960, Clifford Hillhouse Pope, The Reptile World, Knopf, page 108:
- She craned forward to watch exactly what happened and saw that the turtlet in the centre of the three was moving its head slowly from side to side.1973, H. Robert Bustard, Kay's Turtles, Collins, →ISBN, page 107:
- Soon, about 30 young turtlets are circling the illuminated hatching point; the light from our guide's lamp acts as a fence, keeping them grouped together.2018 June 8, Kathryn Wortley, “Watch your step, the turtles are hatching on Yakushima”, in Japan Times:
- Bull sharks have the strongest bite of any measured shark and can eat turtlets as well as other bull sharks and probably have no problem ripping open a canoe like a can of salted mackerel.2020 February 20, Kai Powell, “Maneater Hands-On Preview – Sun's Out, Fins Out”, in Wccftech:
Synonyms of turtlet
Forms of turtlet
| plural | turtlets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | turtlette |
Origin of turtlet
From turtle + -et or -let (diminutive suffix).
Questions about turtlet
- What does turtlet mean?
- Turtlet means a small or baby turtle.
- How do you use turtlet in a sentence?
- Imagine a dark mite of a turtlet struggling to the surface in the middle of a huge expanse of white sand over and on which numerous enemies are lurking.
- What part of speech is turtlet?
- Turtlet is a noun.
- What is the plural of turtlet?
- The plural of turtlet is turtlets.
Words near turtlet in the dictionary
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