hawksbill

«hawksbill» in Mova's school dictionary: a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hawksbill, hawksbills)

meaning for a pupil

A hawksbill (hawksbill turtle) is a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's, living on coral reefs in warm seas; it is critically endangered. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons on oceans, coral reefs and endangered animals (Great Barrier Reef, Caribbean). Phrases: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill sea turtle.

examples

• The hawksbill turtle eats sponges on the coral reef. tree →
• Hawksbills are critically endangered. tree →
• People used to make tortoiseshell combs from hawksbill shells. tree →
• We saw a hawksbill while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. tree →
• The hawksbill gets its name from its pointed beak. tree →
• It is illegal to buy products made from hawksbill shell. tree →

note

One word. Plural hawksbills. Real tortoiseshell came from hawksbill turtles; now it is banned in international trade.

In the corpora

• Hawksbill turtles eat sponges that many other animals cannot eat, and this helps corals have more space to grow.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hawksbill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.