Sea"bound` (?), a. Bounded by the sea.
Sea" bow` (?). See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.
Sea" boy` (?). A boy employed on shipboard.
Sea" breach` (?). A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the
sea. L'Estrange.
Sea" bream` (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes,
especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the
Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); --
called also old wife.
Sea" brief` (?). Same as Sea letter.
Sea" bug` (?). (Zoöl.) A chiton.
Sea"-built` (?), a. Built at, in, or by the sea.
Sea" but"ter*fly` (?). (Zoöl.) A pteropod.
Sea" cab"bage (?; 48). (Bot.) See Sea kale, under Kale.
Sea" calf` (?). (Zoöl.) The common seal.
Sea" ca*na"ry (?). [So called from a whistling sound which it makes.]
(Zoöl.) The beluga, or white whale.
Sea" cap"tain (?). The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
Sea" card` (?). Mariner's card, or compass.
{ Sea" cat`fish (?). Sea" cat` (?). } (Zoöl.) (a) The wolf fish. (b)
Any marine siluroid fish, as Ælurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of
the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the
coasts of Central and South America.
Sea" chart` (?). A chart or map on which the lines of the shore,
islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.
Sea" chick"weed` (?). (Bot.) A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides)
growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast;
-- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
Sea" clam` (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on
the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridæ, as the
common American species. (Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima); -- called
also beach clam, and surf clam.
Sea" coal` (?). Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal
was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from
charcoal, which was brought by land.
Sea-coal facing (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized bituminous
coal.
Sea"coast` (?), n. The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea
or ocean. Also used adjectively.
Sea" cob` (?). (Zoöl.) The black-backed gull.
Sea" cock` (?). 1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the
vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-bellied plover. (b) A gurnard, as the European
red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Sea" co"coa (?). (Bot.) A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found
only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut.
It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known,
and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.
Sea" col"an*der (?). (Bot.) A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri),
the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.
Sea" cole"wort` (?). (Bot.) Sea cabbage.
Sea" com"pass (?). The mariner's compass. See under Compass.
Sea" coot` (?). (Zoöl.) A scoter duck.
Sea" corn` (?). (Zoöl.) A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsules of
certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.
Sea" cow` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The mantee. (b) The dugong. (c) The walrus.
{ Sea" craw"fish` (?). Sea" cray"fish` (?). } (Zoöl.) Any crustacean of
the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster
(P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
Sea" crow` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The chough. [Ireland] (b) The cormorant.
(c) The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls. (d) The skua. (e) The
razorbill. [Orkney Islands] (f) The coot.
Sea" cu"cum*ber (?). (Zoöl.) Any large holothurian, especially one of
those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common
American and European species. (P. frondosa).
Sea" dace` (?). (Zoöl.) The European sea perch.
Sea" daf"fo*dil (?). (Bot.) A European amaryllidaceous plant
(Pancratium maritimum).
Sea" dev`il (?) (Zoöl.) (a) Any very large ray, especially any species
of the genus Manta or Cephaloptera, some of which become more than
twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.
(b) Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid
(Architeuthis). See Devilfish. (c) The angler.
Sea" dog` (?). 1. (Zoöl.) The dogfish. (b) The common seal.