ridley

(rid′lē)

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noun

any of a genus (Lepidochelys, family Cheloniidae) of gray or olive marine turtles of tropical waters with a broad, heart-shaped shell

Origin: < ? surname Ridley

Ridley, Nicholas 1500?-55; Eng. bishop & Protestant reformer: burned at the stake for heresy

See ridley in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. rid·leys

A marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal waters. Also called Kemp's ridley.
A related species (Lepidochelys olivaceae) of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

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English prelate who was executed for refusing to renounce his Protestantism after the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I.

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