Hypernym

noun

any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

marine turtle 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas

Synonyms

sea turtle 1
any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas

Hyponym

noun

large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup

noun

very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

noun

a marine turtle

noun

pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell

noun

wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle