ridley
See also:
Ridley
English
Kemp's
ridley
sea turtle,
Lepidochelys kempii
Wikispecies
Etymology
Unknown
origin.
Noun
ridley
(
plural
ridleys
)
Any of the
marine
turtles
of the
genus
Lepidochelys
, found in the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
oceans
.
Derived terms
Kemp's ridley
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
olive ridley
olive ridley sea turtle
Pacific ridley
References
Dundee, Harold A. (
1992
) “The Etymological Riddle of the Ridley Sea Turtle”, in
Marine Turtle Newsletter
, volume
58
, pages
10-12
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