Definition of Genus Eretmochelys

1. Noun. Hawksbills.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eretmochelys

genus Epinephelus
genus Epipactis
genus Epiphyllum
genus Epipremnum
genus Episcia
genus Eptatretus
genus Eptesicus
genus Equetus
genus Equisetum
genus Equus
genus Eragrostis
genus Eranthis
genus Ercilla
genus Erechtites
genus Erethizon
genus Eretmochelys (current term)
genus Erianthus
genus Erica
genus Erigeron
genus Erignathus
genus Erinaceus
genus Eriobotrya
genus Eriocaulon
genus Eriodictyon
genus Eriogonum
genus Eriophorum
genus Eriophyllum
genus Eriosoma
genus Erithacus
genus Erodium

Literary usage of Genus Eretmochelys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... and great numbers are caught on shore at night, as they come there to deposit their eggs. The genus Eretmochelys contains the Tortoise-shell Turtles. ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Eretmochelys contains the Tortoise-shell Turtles. The Hawk-bill, or Tortoise-shell Turtle, E. imbri- cata, ..."

3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Genus ERETMOCHELYS " Fitzinger. 1828. Caretta RITGEN, Nova Ada Arad. Leop. Carol., XIV, p. 270 (type, Chelonia imbricata) (not of Rafinesque, 1814). 1843. ..."

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