How to Use leatherback in a Sentence

leatherback

noun

• Late at night, the team waits for leatherbacks to creep up the beaches.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• Really big, in the case of the leatherback, which can weigh nearly a ton.
  — David Doubilet, National Geographic, 14 May 2016
• The big draw of Grande Riviere is the chance to see leatherback turtles waddling along the shoreline.
  — Keishel Williams, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• There are just seven species of sea turtles and Maisy is a hybrid of two of them, but the largest of them all is the leatherback.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2020
• Anguilla is a haven for three main species of turtles; the green, the leatherback and the hawksbill turtles.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• In Pensacola, the first leatherback turtles hatched in over two decades.
  — Rebekah Castor, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
• The largest are leatherbacks, which can reach 1,000 pounds or more and live largely on jellyfish.
  — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• The nesting season for leatherback sea turtles runs from March to July.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 June 2023
• There have been no recent sightings of leatherback sea turtles.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2021
• Joining them are the world's largest sea turtle, the leatherback, and the gharial, a crocodile found in the rivers of Nepal and northern India.
  — Zahid Mahmood, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
• An adult Kemp's ridley may weigh less than most teenagers, while a leatherback can outweigh a bison.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
• Adult leatherback sea turtles weigh an average of 1,000 pounds.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
• Most showed no change, and leatherback turtles in the Pacific ocean are still declining.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2017
• Loggerhead, leatherback and green sea turtles are losing their habitat all over the world and are choosing the state to lay their eggs, Sherwood said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2021
• Other marine turtle species found here are the loggerhead, hawksbill, green and, the largest of all with a carapace that is often 10 feet long, the leatherback.
  — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Vangunu is also home to monkey-faced bats, and welcomes leatherback turtles to its beaches, where the turtles lay their eggs.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2017
• The rare and majestic leatherback turtle is the largest species of turtle in the world and a frequent visitor to St. Martin Nature Reserve.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Check out this video, which captured a leatherback turtle eating a jellyfish.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2021
• The fight is taking place over beaches used for thousands of years by female loggerhead, green and leatherback turtles.
  — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
• Today, loggerheads and leatherbacks nest mainly along the country’s northeastern coast rather than the Cape South Coast.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
• Another wider trackway is more consistent with that of the leatherback turtle.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
• While the Kemp's ridley is the most common visitor, green, loggerhead, and leatherback sea turtles also nest along the Texas coast.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
• From March through October, guests can help monitor turtles—green, hawksbill, and leatherback—nesting on the beach.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Hopping onto a whale watching trip also opens the chance for rare sightings of dolphins, orcas and leatherback turtles.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• Gigantic leatherback turtles, topping out at about 2,000 pounds, nest along the beaches, while hippopotamuses body surf in the waves.
  — Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, 9 May 2018
• The leatherback turtle can weigh as much as 1,000 pounds and survives almost entirely on jellyfish.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• The dead leatherback found most recently was discovered at Sesuit Harbor in Dennis on Monday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Trail’s study shows that hatchling leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) sometimes struggle to see the sea.
  — Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022
• The leatherback turtle is a living, breathing, plodding, swimming miracle: A hatchling can fit in the palm of your hand; an adult can grow as large as a Volkswagen bug.
  — Susan Maas / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2017
• Once common all over the world’s oceans, leatherbacks now exist in only seven populations worldwide.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024