sea squirt (seskwert)

Any ascidian or tunicate: so called from their squirting water when they contract. sea-staff (se's taf), n. Same as hanger, 7. sea-star (sē'stär), n. A starfish of any kind. sea-starwort (se'stärwert), n. See starwort. sea-stick (sē'stik), n. A herring cured at sea as soon as it is caught, in order that it may be first in market and bring a high price. [Eng.] The herrings caught and cured at sea are called sea sticks . In order to render them what are called merchantable herrings, it is nece ary to repack them with an additional quantity of salt. A. Smith , Wealth of Nations, III. 31. sea-stickleback (sē'stik"l-bak), n. A marine gasterosteid, Spinach i a vulgar is . sea-stock (sē'stok), n . Fresh provisions, stores, etc., placed on board ship for use at sea. With perhaps a recruit of green turtles for a sea - stock of fresh meat. Scammon . A kind of sea-strawberry (sē'strå"ber-i), n. polyp, Alcyonium rub i for me. sea-sunflower (se's un flou-er), n. A sea-anemone. sea-surgeon (sē'sėr"jon), п. The surgeon-fish. sea-swallow (se's wol"ō), n. 1. A tern; any bird of the family Laridæ and subfamily Ster ninæ: so called from the long pointed wings, long forked tail, and slender form of most of these birds, whose flight and carriage resemble those of swallows. See cuts under Sterna, tern, roseate, Gygis, Hydro che lid on, and Inca. -2. The stormy petrel, Pro cellar i a pelagic a. See cut-under petrel. [Prov. Eng.] -3. In her., same as aylet. IMG:content-0465.png:[blocks in formation] Most nations calling this fish Porcus mar in us, or the sea swine. J. Ray, Philos. Trans., Abridged (1700), II. 845. 2. The ballan-wra e: in allusion to a supposed sucking noise like that of a pig made by the fish. See cut under Labrus. F. Day. [Moray Firth, Scotland.]