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Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Samphire.

Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.

A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

A sea anemone, or any related anthozoan.

Foam of sea water.

Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.

See Sea foam, 2.

See under Gauge, n.

Any small holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.

A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.

A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.

A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.

A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.

A phalarope.

A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners. Shak.

The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Eelgrass.