[dim. of TURTLE sb.2: see -ET, -LET.] A small or young turtle.
1831. Trelawny, Adv. Younger Son, II. 31. When, off Ceylon, I picked up that pretty little turtlet.
1899. Nat. Science, Sept., 224. The turtlets show a greater percentage of abnormalities in the carapace than the older individuals.
