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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 hawk·bill, hawks·bill n. Zool. A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
 Syn: -- hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Eretmochelys imbricata
      n : pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source
          of food and the best tortoiseshell [syn: hawksbill
          turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle]