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n. - Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a bird-like beak.

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  • And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.
  • And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, bêche de mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.
  • We had heard that he had quite a considerable quantity of hawkbill turtle shell and some coco-nut oil to sell, and came to ascertain the truth of the report before we...
  • "They have a live hawkbill turtle in their room -- quite a large one, for I could scarcely move it -- and have painted its back in five or six colours.
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