Sea Turtle (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The sea turtle swam slowly through the coral reef, searching for its morning meal of seaweed and jellyfish.
- Conservation efforts are underway to protect the endangered sea turtle from extinction due to habitat loss and pollution.
- On the beach, a mother sea turtle carefully dug a hole and laid her eggs, covering them with sand for safekeeping.
- The sea turtle's shell glistened in the sunlight as it surfaced for a breath of air before diving back down to the ocean floor.
- A group of divers on a marine expedition had the rare opportunity to observe a giant sea turtle gliding effortlessly through the water.