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hawkbill

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hawkbill [ˈhɔːkˌbɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for hawksbill turtle
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Noun1.hawkbillhawkbill - pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle
marine turtle, sea turtle - any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
Eretmochelys, genus Eretmochelys - hawksbills


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And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.
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