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UKLeatherback turtle
/lˈɛðəbˌak tˈɜːtəl/
/lˈɛðɚbˌæk tˈɜːɾəl/Leatherback turtle
[NOUN]1
wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Examples
1. Their stinging cells are no match for the armor of thick-skin predators, like the leatherback turtle and ocean sunfish.
2. We have about 250 staff, mostly nationals of the countries, where we're working on different types of ocean conservation for coral reefs and hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean, western Indian Ocean, and the Coral Triangle here, as well as some of the most important areas for whales, coastal dolphins, leatherback turtles in Central Africa, as you saw on that previous image.
3. And say, next time you go out and do take a bag with you and you make sure you take your coffee mug or water bottle, so that plastic bag that you were gonna bring your lunch home in, it doesn't somehow end up being eaten by a leatherback turtle.
4. After all you've got to feed the brain and it may or may not make sense to have Supersonic processing if you're a giant leatherback turtle.
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