marine turtle ma·ri·ne·turtle uncommon noun 1. any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas Synonymssea turtlemarine turtle Related words Broader terms turtle Narrower terms green turtleloggerheadridleyhawksbill turtleleatherback turtle WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.