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ridley
1[ rid-lee ]
noun
- Also called Atlantic ridley,. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 centimeters) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
- Also called olive ridley,. an olive-colored sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, similar to L. kempii, inhabiting tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific, and South Atlantic Oceans: threatened or endangered throughout its range.
Ridley
2[ rid-lee ]
noun
- Nicholas, 肠1500鈥55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Ridley
/ 藞谤瑟诲濒瑟 /
noun
- RidleyNicholas?15001555MEnglishRELIGION: clergyman Nicholas . ?1500鈥55, English bishop, who helped to revise the liturgy under Edward VI. He was burnt at the stake for refusing to disavow his Protestant beliefs when Mary I assumed the throne
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Origin of ridley1
Example Sentences
The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is now fighting fit, and Anglesey Sea Zoo said Rhossi was ready to be released back into the wild off the coast of the US.
In September, Tally, another Kemp's ridley turtle found mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, was flown to Texas to be released back into the warmer seas.
While collecting data on olive ridley sea turtles, she and her colleagues would routinely lift the creatures up onto their boat for examination.
There are seven species of sea turtles: loggerhead, green, leatherback, hawksbill, Kemp鈥檚 ridley, olive ridley and flatback.
Olive ridley turtles visit the camp in the rainy season, and Vallerino was preparing for the arrival of the brown leatherback turtle in cooler waters when Otis struck.
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