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The largest living sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), found in tropical waters and having a tough, leathery carapace with seven longitudinal ridges.

leatherback [ˈlɛðəˌbæk]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, of warm and tropical seas, having a ridged leathery carapace: family Dermochelidae Also called (in Britain) leathery turtle

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

Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle

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

Dermochelys, genus Dermochelys - type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles

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