Definition of green turtle in English:
green turtle
noun
A sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food.
绿甲海龟Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae
- Large numbers of green turtles were harvested throughout the Hawaiian Islands through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Beaches in sections of Florida's highly developed coastline are nesting ground for rare loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles.
- Unlike many other species of turtles, green turtles are unable to retract their head into their shell.
- Eight of the 10 beaches are used by hawksbill turtles and one by green turtles.
- The green turtle is primarily a tropical herbivorous species and feeds on sea grasses and algae.
Definition of green turtle in US English:
green turtle
noun
A sea turtle with an olive-brown shell, often living close to the coast and extensively hunted for food.
绿甲海龟Chelonia mydas, family Cheloniidae
- Unlike many other species of turtles, green turtles are unable to retract their head into their shell.
- Eight of the 10 beaches are used by hawksbill turtles and one by green turtles.
- The green turtle is primarily a tropical herbivorous species and feeds on sea grasses and algae.
- Beaches in sections of Florida's highly developed coastline are nesting ground for rare loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles.
- Large numbers of green turtles were harvested throughout the Hawaiian Islands through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.