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

1 sense of leatherback

Sense 1
leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea -- (wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle)
       => sea turtle, marine turtle -- (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)