Webster's Dictionary 1913

2242

Sea lark

Sea″ lark′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). (b) Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sande...

2243

Sea lavender

Sea″ lav″en‐der (?). (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.

2244

Sea lawyer

Sea″ law″yer (?). (Zoöl.) The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

2245

Sea legs

Sea″ legs′ (?). Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability to stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching i...

2246

Sea lemon

Sea″ lem″on (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.

2247

Sea leopard

Sea″ leop″ard (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea...

2248

Sea letter

Sea″ let″ter (?). (Mar. Law.) The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo...

2249

Sea lettuce

Sea″ let″tuce (?). (Bot.) The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.

2250

Sea level

Sea″ lev″el (?). The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.

2251

Sea lily

Sea″ lil″y (?). (Zoöl.) A crinoid.

2252

Sea lion

Sea″ li″on (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidæ native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the Sou...

2253

Sea loach

Sea″ loach″ (?). (Zoöl.) The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.

2254

Sea louse

Sea″ louse′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

2255

Sea mantis

Sea″ man″tis (?). (Zoöl.) A squilla.

2256

Sea marge

Sea″ marge′ (?). Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak.You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.

2257

Sea mat

Sea″ mat′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.

2258

Sea maw

Sea″ maw′ (?). (Zoöl.) The sea mew.

2259

Sea mew

Sea″ mew′ (?). (Zoöl.) A gull; the mew.

2260

Sea mile

Sea″ mile′ (?). A geographical mile. See Mile.

2261

Sea milkwort

Sea″ milk″wort′ (?). (Bot.) A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.

2262

Sea monk

Sea″ monk′ (?). (Zoöl.) See Monk seal, under Monk.

2263

Sea monster

Sea″ mon″ster (?). (Zoöl.) Any large sea animal.

2264

Sea moss

Sea″ moss′ (?; 115). (Zoöl.) Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

2265

Sea mouse

Sea″ mouse′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the sides. (b) The dunlin.

2266

Sea mud

Sea″ mud′ (?). A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; — called also sea ooze.

2267

Sea needle

Sea″ nee″dle (?). (Zoöl.) See Garfish (a).

2268

Sea nettle

Sea″ net′tle (?). A jellyfish, or medusa.