| sea dace | <zoology> The European sea perch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea daffodil | <botany> A European amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea devil | <zoology> Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox. Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish. The angler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea dog | 1. <zoology> The dogfish. The common seal. 2. An old sailor; a salt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea dotterel | <zoology> The turnstone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea dove | <zoology> The little auk, or rotche. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea dragon | <zoology> A dragonet, or sculpin. The pegasus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea drake | <zoology> The pewit gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea duck | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea eagle | 1. <zoology> Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. Pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. Albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles. 2. <zoology> The eagle ray. See Ray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-ear | <zoology> Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea eel | <zoology> The conger eel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea egg | <zoology> A sea urchin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea elephant | <zoology> A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. Angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea fan | <zoology> Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |