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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large sea turtle ({Sphargis coriacea}), having no bony
shell on its back It is common in the warm and temperate
parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand
pounds; -- called also {leather turtle}, {leathery turtle},
{leather-backed tortoise}, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leatherback
n : wide ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace;
largest living turtle [syn: {leatherback turtle}, {leathery
turtle}, {Dermochelys coriacea}]
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