sea bed

(Zool.) A sea purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Zool.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) See Batfish (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Same as Florida bean. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) Any fur seal. See under Fur. (b) The white bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marshes. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A boy employed on shipboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (Pagellus Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Sea letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A chiton. [ 1913 Webster ]