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loggerhead

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Meaning

A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.

An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.

A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.

An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Loggerhead turtles are found worldwide with nine Distinct Population Segments (DPS) listed under the Endangered Species Act. Source: Internet

The most populous is the green turtle and they are joined by the loggerhead and leatherhead which can weigh over 600 kilogrammes. Source: Internet

But his novel BEACH MUSIC especially speaks to me because in it, he wrote about the early days of South Carolina’s efforts to monitor the loggerhead sea turtle population nesting on our beaches. Source: Internet

At Fuerteventura's Morro Jable turtle sanctuary, the eggs of endangered loggerhead turtles hatch in September and October. Source: Internet

Explore the fascinating sites of Caunus or watch for loggerhead turtles on the beautiful Iztuzu Beach when you book a Thomas Cook holiday to Dalyan. Source: Internet

These hatchling loggerhead sea turtles have been released back into the ocean. Source: Internet

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