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# hawksbill

«hawksbill» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hawksbill, hawksbills)

### meaning for a pupil

A hawksbill (hawksbill turtle) is a sea turtle with a narrow beak curved like a hawk's, living on coral reefs in warm seas; it is critically endangered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons on oceans, coral reefs and endangered animals (Great Barrier Reef, Caribbean). Phrases: hawksbill turtle, hawksbill sea turtle.

### examples

- The hawksbill turtle eats sponges on the coral reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x1)
- Hawksbills are critically endangered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x2)
- People used to make tortoiseshell combs from hawksbill shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x3)
- We saw a hawksbill while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x4)
- The hawksbill gets its name from its pointed beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x5)
- It is illegal to buy products made from hawksbill shell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/#x6)

### note

One word. Plural hawksbills. Real tortoiseshell came from hawksbill turtles; now it is banned in international trade.

### In the corpora

- [Hawksbill turtles eat sponges that many other animals cannot eat, and this helps corals have more space to grow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hawksbill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hawksbill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.