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Definition 2025

sea_turtle

sea turtle

See also: sea-turtle

English

Alternative forms

sea-turtle

Noun

sea turtle ‎(plural sea turtles)

Any turtle that inhabits oceans.

Derived terms

Derived terms

green sea turtle
Kemp's Ridley sea turtle
leatherback sea turtle

loggerhead sea turtle
Ridley sea turtle

Translations

any turtle that inhabits oceans

Bau Bidayuh: ponyu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海龜 (zh), 海龟 (zh) ‎(hǎiguī)
Classical Nahuatl: chīmalmichin
Czech: mořská želva f
Dutch: zeeschildpad (nl) f
Finnish: merikilpikonna
French: tortue marine f
Galician: tartaruga mariña f
German: Meeresschildkröte (de) f
Hebrew: צב ים (he) m ‎(tsáv-yám)
Hungarian: tengeri teknős
Indonesian: penyu (id)

Italian: tartaruga marina f
Japanese: ウミガメ ‎(umigame), 海亀 (ja) ‎(umigame)
Malay: penyu
Navajo: táłtłʼááh chʼééh digháhii
Norwegian:

Bokmål: havskilpadde m, f

Nynorsk: havskjelpadde f
Portuguese: tartaruga-marinha f
Russian: морска́я черепа́ха (ru) f ‎(morskája čerepáxa)
Slovene: morska želva f
Spanish: tortuga marina f
Swahili: kasa (sw)
Swedish: havssköldpadda (sv) c
Turkish: deniz kaplumbağası (tr)