hawkbill

Noun

hawk=bill

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hawkbill(n = noun.animal) eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle - pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell;

is a kind of marine turtle, sea turtle

is a member of eretmochelys, genus eretmochelys

hawkbill, n.

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret. [1913 Webster]