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- English Word Sea breach Definition A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
- English Word Sea bream Definition 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.
- English Word Sea brief Definition Same as Sea letter.
- English Word Sea bug Definition A chiton.
- English Word Sea butterfly Definition A pteropod.
- English Word Sea cabbage Definition See Sea kale, under Kale.
- English Word Sea calf Definition The common seal.
- English Word Sea canary Definition The beluga, or white whale.
- English Word Sea captain Definition The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
- English Word Sea card Definition Mariner's card, or compass.
- English Word Sea cat Definition The wolf fish.
- English Word Sea cat Definition Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.
- English Word Sea catfish Definition Alt. of Sea cat
- English Word Sea chart Definition A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.
- English Word Sea chickweed Definition A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
- English Word Sea clam Definition Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
- English Word Sea coal Definition 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.
- English Word Sea cob Definition The black-backed gull.
- English Word Sea cock Definition In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.
- English Word Sea cock Definition The black-bellied plover.