Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hawksbill

1 sense of hawksbill

Sense 1
hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata -- (pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell)
       => sea turtle, marine turtle -- (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)