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Example sentences for: turtle

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I remembered Thomas Pyles pointing out in class once that animal metaphors for this body part name cute, furry animals: pussy, beaver, squirrel, monkey, cony, and (in France) lapin . Nothing about a turtle is cuddlesome; it does not fit the pattern.
The First World is blamed: A turtle worth 30 cents in Madagascar can fetch $10,000 in Germany, Japan, and the United States.
The beaches of Kelantan and Terengganu, especially the turtle beach of Rantau Abang, and farther south at Johor’s Desaru, haven’t yet suffered too much from the industrialization polluting the West Coast.
The new contest question: How much Turtle Wax comprises a year's supply of Turtle Wax?
The Watamu Turtle Watch Program is currently paying fishermen just over $3 a turtle to release the animals from their nets rather than kill them.