| sea language | The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea lark | <zoology> The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lavender | <botany> See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lawyer | <zoology> The gray snapper. See Snapper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lemon | <zoology> Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea leopard | <zoology> Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea letter | The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lettuce | <botany> The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lily | <zoology> A crinoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea lion | <zoology> Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea loach | <zoology> The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea louse | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-mail | <zoology> A gull; the mew. Origin: Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov. E. Mally a hare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea mantis | <zoology> A squilla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea mat | <zoology> Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |