Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hawkbill"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hawkbill \Hawk"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the
best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also {caret}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hawkbill
n : pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source
of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: {hawksbill
turtle}, {hawksbill}, {tortoiseshell turtle}, {Eretmochelys
imbricata}]


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