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Definition of Olive ridley
1. Noun. Olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olive Ridley
Literary usage of Olive ridley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"A fifth species, the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys ... The olive ridley turtle
has only twice been recorded in the UAE, but it nests in neighbouring ..."
2. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"Because of its highly valued spindle-shaped tortoise shell, it has been hunted
to near-extinction. The olive ridley, also called the Pacific Ridley (lora), ..."
3. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"... US All six of these species—the hawksbill, green, Kemp's ridley, loggerhead,
olive ridley, and leatherback—are considered to be in danger of extinction. ..."
4. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"On this rain-soaked October night, possibly 30000 olive ridley sea turtles were
converging on a half mile of Pacific beach at Ostional, Costa Rica, ..."
5. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"Of those, three species are indigenous to the southern coast of Guatemala: the
olive Ridley, the East Pacific green, and the green leatherback. ..."
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