Ridley (redirected from olive ridleys)

Rid·ley  (rdl), Nicholas 1500?-1555.

English prelate who was executed for refusing to renounce his Protestantism after the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I.

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rid·ley  (rdl)

n. pl. rid·leys

1. A marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal waters. Also called Kemp's ridley.

2. A related species (Lepidochelys olivaceae) of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

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Ridley [ˈrɪdlɪ]

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(Biographies / Ridley, Nicholas (?1500-1555) M, English, RELIGION: clergyman) Nicholas. ?1500-55, English bishop, who helped to revise the liturgy under Edward VI. He was burnt at the stake for refusing to disavow his Protestant beliefs when Mary I assumed the throne

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ridley - a marine turtle marine turtle, sea turtle - any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas genus Lepidochelys, Lepidochelys - ridleys Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle, Lepidochelys kempii - grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America Lepidochelys olivacea, olive ridley, Pacific ridley - olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans