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loggerhead turtle

noun

  1. a sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head: now greatly reduced in number.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of loggerhead turtle1

First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences

“If a population of loggerheads were to become extinct, we will not be able to rescue them by taking loggerhead turtle eggs from elsewhere and moving them,” says Lohmann.

He soon had his charger in fair control, but the science of riding a big loggerhead turtle isn't picked up in a minute.

One day while Pedro sat in the bow, they saw a 400-pound loggerhead turtle lying asleep on the water.

As they neared the bay a loggerhead turtle rose near them and Dick wanted to hunt it.

I had often read of this, and once I tried it, but caught only a loggerhead turtle of twenty pounds.

The second is called loggerhead turtle, having a shell much resembling the hawk-bill, but not worth anything for manufacturing.

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