Webster's Dictionary 1913

2269

Sea onion

Sea″ on″ion (?). (Bot.) The officinal squill. See Squill.

2270

Sea ooze

Sea″ ooze′ (?). Same as Sea mud. Mortimer.

2271

Sea orange

Sea″ or″ange (?). (Zoöl.) A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles ar...

2272

Sea otter

Sea″ ot″ter (?). (Zoöl.) An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, ormarina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to ...

2273

Sea owl

Sea″ owl′ (sē″ oul′). (Zoöl.) The lumpfish.

2274

Sea pad

Sea″ pad′ (sē″ păd′). (Zoöl.) A starfish.

2275

Sea parrot

Sea″ par″rot (sē″ păr″rŭt). (Zoöl.) The puffin.

2276

Sea partridge

Sea″ par″tridge (?). (Zoöl.) The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.

2277

Sea pass

Sea″ pass′ (?). A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

2278

Sea peach

Sea″ peach′ (?). (Zoöl.) A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, orHalocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.

2279

Sea pear

Sea″ pear′ (sē″ pâr′). (Zoöl.) A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.

2280

Sea perch

Sea″ perch′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The European bass (Roccus, orLabrax, lupus); — called also sea dace. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species...

2281

Sea pheasant

Sea″ pheas″ant (?). (Zoöl.) The pintail duck.

2282

Sea pie

Sea″ pie′ (sē″ pī′). (Zoöl.) The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Hæmatopus.

2283

Sea pie (2)

Sea″ pie′. 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.

2284

Sea piet

Sea″ pi″et (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st Sea pie.

2285

Sea pig

Sea″ pig′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A porpoise or dolphin. (b) A dugong.

2286

Sea pigeon

Sea″ pi″geon (?). The common guillemot.

2287

Sea pike

Sea″ pike′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The garfish. (b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; — called also robalo. (c) The merluce.

2288

Sea pincushion

Sea″ pin′cush′ion (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A sea purse. (b) A pentagonal starfish.

2289

Sea pink

Sea″ pink′ (?). (Bot.) See Thrift.

2290

Sea plover

Sea″ plov″er (?). The black-bellied plover.

2291

Sea poacher

{ Sea″ poach″er (sē″ pōch″ẽr). Sea″ pok″er (sē″ pōk″ẽr). } (Zoöl.) The lyrie.

2292

Sea pool

Sea″ pool′ (?). A pool of salt water. Spenser.

2293

Sea poppy

Sea″ pop″py (?). (Bot.) The horn poppy. See under Horn.

2294

Sea porcupine

Sea″ por″cu‐pine (?). (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.

2295

Sea pork

Sea″ pork′ (?). (Zoöl.) An American compound ascidian (Amorœcium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.