ridley
noun
rid·ley
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Definition of ridley
(Entry 1 of 2)
: either of two sea turtles (genus Lepidochelys of the family Cheloniidae):
a
: kemp's ridley
b
: olive ridley
Ridley
biographical name
Rid·ley
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Definition of Ridley (Entry 2 of 2)
Nicholas circa 1503–1555 English reformer and martyr
Examples of ridley in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
From a distance, the beach scene at Alabama’s Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge looked appealing: blue sky, soft sand and a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. — Johnny Simon, Quartz, "A year’s worth of surprising and poignant nature photos," 8 Sep. 2019 An angler in Georgia recently reeled in a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle off a pier in Tybee Island. — Madeline Farber, Fox News, "Georgia angler reels in rare Kemp's ridley sea turtle," 19 Sep. 2018 Volunteers from the Sea Turtle Patrol spotted two small parallel footprints with a line in the sand between the footprints, all heading inland from the water meant a mother Kemp’s ridley had nested nearby. — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, "WATCH: First Kemps ridley sea turtle nests of the 2018 season found," 15 May 2018 Mast pointed to Kemp’s ridley sea turtles as a good example of what’s happening, especially in the United States. — Washington Post, "Huge sea turtles slowly coming back from brink of extinction," 20 Sep. 2017 Kemp's ridley sea turtles are critically endangered. — Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, "Injured, sickly sea turtle rehabilitated and released back into the wild: video," 11 May 2017 In 2015, people rescued an olive ridley sea turtle off Costa Rica with a plastic straw stuck up its nose. — David Doubilet, National Geographic, "Why Life Is So Tough for Sea Turtles," 14 May 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ridley.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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