'leathery turtle' definitions:
Definition of 'leathery turtle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]
Definition of 'leathery turtle'
From: GCIDE
- Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] Leatheret