Definition of Hawksbill

1. Noun. Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.


Definition of Hawksbill

1. Noun. The tropical marine turtle, ''Eretmochelys imbricata'', that is a source of tortoiseshell. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hawksbill

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawksbill

hawkie
hawkies
hawking
hawkings
hawkish
hawkishly
hawkishness
hawkishnesses
hawkit
hawklike
hawkmoth
hawkmoths
hawknose
hawknoses
hawks
hawksbill (current term)
hawksbill turtle
hawksbill turtles
hawksbills
hawkshaw
hawkshaws
hawkweed
hawkweeds
hawky
hawleyite
hawm
hawmed
hawming
hawms
haws

Literary usage of Hawksbill

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

1. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: With Notes and by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1843)
"And the bill then stated a deed of the 7th of December, 1815, by which the estate of hawksbill and the 108 slaves were conveyed to Punnett in fee. ..."

2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"hawksbill turtle nests are roughly circular and shallow, usually less than half ... Range: hawksbill turtles probably occur wherever there are coral reefs, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Baron John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1838)
"And the bill then stated a deed of the 7th of December 1815, by which the estate of hawksbill and the 108 slaves were conveyed to Punnett in fee. ..."

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