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  • English Word Sea mouse Definition The dunlin.
  • English Word Sea mud Definition A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.
  • English Word Sea needle Definition See Garfish (a).
  • English Word Sea nettle Definition A jellyfish, or medusa.
  • English Word Sea onion Definition The officinal squill. See Squill.
  • English Word Sea ooze Definition Same as Sea mud.
  • English Word Sea orange Definition A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
  • English Word Sea otter Definition An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
  • English Word Sea owl Definition The lumpfish.
  • English Word Sea pad Definition The puffin.
  • English Word Sea partridge Definition The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
  • English Word Sea pass Definition A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.
  • English Word Sea peach Definition A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.
  • English Word Sea pear Definition A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
  • English Word Sea perch Definition The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace.
  • English Word Sea perch Definition The cunner.
  • English Word Sea perch Definition The sea bass.
  • English Word Sea perch Definition The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
  • English Word Sea pheasant Definition The pintail duck.
  • English Word Sea pie Definition The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.
  • English Word Sea pie Definition A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.
  • English Word Sea piet Definition See 1st Sea pie.
  • English Word Sea pig Definition A porpoise or dolphin.
  • English Word Sea pig Definition A dugong.
  • English Word Sea pigeon Definition The common guillemot.
  • English Word Sea pike Definition The garfish.
  • English Word Sea pike Definition A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
  • English Word Sea pike Definition The merluce.
  • English Word Sea pincushion Definition A sea purse.
  • English Word Sea pincushion Definition A pentagonal starfish.