hawkbill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
    hawksbill; hawksbill turtle; Eretmochelys imbricata; tortoiseshell turtle.

WordNet

Hawk"bill` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

Webster 1913