| sea canary | <zoology> The beluga, or white whale. Origin: So called from a whistling sound which it makes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea cat | <zoology> The wolf fish. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea catfish | <zoology> The wolf fish. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea chickweed | <botany> A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast. Synonym: sea sandwort, and sea purslane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea clam | <zoology> Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima). Synonym: beach clam, and surf clam. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea cob | <zoology> The black-backed gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea cock | 1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea. 2. <zoology> The black-bellied plover. A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea cocoa | <botany> A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea colander | <botany> A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea colewort | <botany> Sea cabbage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea coot | <zoology> A scoter duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea corn | <zoology> A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea cow | <zoology> The mantee. The dugong. The walrus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea crawfish | <zoology> Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. Vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea crayfish | <zoology> Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. Vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |