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).
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.