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Sea CownounMWEany of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbsverified
Sea CradlenounMWEprimitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous platesverified
Sea CrawfishnounMWElarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobstersverified
Sea CreaturenounMWEany of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsverified
Sea CucumbernounMWEechinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feetverified
Sea EaglenounMWElarge harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for yearsverified
Sea ElephantnounMWEeither of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunksverified
Sea EryngiumnounMWEEuropean evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coastverified
Sea GodnounMWEa deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the seaverified
Sea HarenounMWEnaked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentaclesverified
Sea HollynounMWEEuropean evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coastverified
Sea HolmnounMWEEuropean evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coastverified
Sea Island CottonnounMWEsmall bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United Statesverified
Sea KalenounMWEperennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbsverified
Sea LavendernounMWEany of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowersverified
Sea LevelnounMWElevel of the ocean's surface especially that halfway between mean high and low tideverified
Sea LilynounMWEcrinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surfaceverified
Sea LionnounMWEany of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coatverified
Sea MatnounMWEsessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentaclesverified
Sea MilkwortnounMWEa small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowersverified
Sea MossnounMWEsessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentaclesverified
Sea MousenounMWEany of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the backverified
Sea OnionnounMWEhaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiesverified
Sea OtternounMWElarge marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown furverified
Sea PeanounMWEwild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binderverified
Sea PoppynounMWEyellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North Americaverified
Sea RobbernounMWEsomeone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationverified
Sea RovernounMWEsomeone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationverified
Sea ScallopnounMWEa large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North Americaverified
Sea ScorpionnounMWEmarine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spinesverified
Sea SlugnounMWEany of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored bodyverified
Sea SpidernounMWEany of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legsverified
Sea SquabnounMWEdelicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liververified
Sea SquillnounMWEhaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiesverified
Sea TrifolynounMWEa small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowersverified
Sea UrchinnounMWEshallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shellsverified
Sea WracknounMWEsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coastsverified
Sea-Level PressurenounMWEthe atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea levelverified
Sea-Rocketnounsalt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliageverified
Seabagnouna cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gearverified
Seabeach SandwortnounMWEperennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowersverified