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water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.

Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian.

The sea otter.

The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. A. Grisebach.

A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

The seashore. Shak.

A sea purse.

r less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

See Batfish (a).

Same as Florida bean.

Any fur seal. See under Fur.

Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.

Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.

A plant (Suæda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.

See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.

A boy employed on shipboard.

A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. L'Estrange.