seabream (sebrem)

1. One of several sparoid fishes; with some authors, the Sparidæ in general. The common sea-bream is Pagellus cent rod on ocean temperature during the day and the cooling below it during the night. The upper strata of the air that have become heated and expanded flow off seaward, and produce an increased pre ure a short distance from the land. This increment of pre ure initiates the sea-breeze, which extends a few miles inland, with a strength de- pending on the temperature-gradient and on the local topography. Hence it is most strongly marked in equa- torial and tropical regions, where the diurnal range of temperature and the contrasts between ocean and land temperatures are greatest; but traces of it have been found even in arctic regions. Steep slopes and mountain-ranges near the coast intensify the sea-breeze by increasing the energy of convection-currents, which in turn create a de- mand for a greater local surface indraft. By balloon ob- servations the depth of the sea-breeze at Coney Island has been found to be between 300 and 400 feet. It is mainly the daily sea-breeze which renders the summer climate of the sea-shore markedly invigorating and re- freshing. sea-brief (sē'brēf), n. Same as sea - letter . sea-bristle (sēʼbris"l), n. A sertularian polyp, IMG:content-0428.png:[blocks in formation] common maps, for it appears to me that there was an- other bay to the north of this; the whole, according to the sea - cards , being the bay of Conte a. sea-carnation (sē'kär-nā"shon), n. A kind of sea-anemone; a sea-pink. sea-cat (sē'kat), n. A name of various animals. (a) The sea-bear or fur-seal. (b) The chimera, Chimæra monstrosa, a fish. (c) The wolf-fish, Anarrhichas lupus . See cut under Anarrhichas . (d) The greater weever, Trachi- nus draco , a fish. (e) A squid or cuttlefish: translating an old Dutch name ( zeekat ) of Rumphius. (f) Any sea-catfish. sea-caterpillar (sē'kat"ėr-pil-är), n. A marine worm of the genus Polynoë ; a scale back. sea-catfish (se'kat fish), n. A marine siluroid fish of any of the genera Tach is urus or Arius , Gale ichthys, and Elurichthys (or Felichthys ), The eastern American sea-catfish is Tach is urus felis , found along the coast of the United States from Cape Cod to Florida, and attaining a length of 2 feet. Elurichthys (or Felichthys ) mar in us is another eastern American sea- cat. See cuts under Ariinæ and gaff - topsail . sea-cook (sē'kük), n. A cook on board ship: used chiefly in opprobrium. sea-coot (se'köt), n. 1. A scoter; a black sea- duck of the genus Edemia . See cuts under Œdemia, scoter , and surf - duck .-2. The Ameri- can coot, ot, Fulica american a . sea-cormorant (sē ́kôr mō-rant), n. A cormo- rant; a sea-crow. sea-corn (sē ́kôrn), n . The string of egg-cap- sules of the whelk or some similar gastropod: so called from its likene to maize on the cob. Also sea - ear , sea - ruffle , sea - honeycomb , sea - neck- lace , etc. Stand. Nat . Hist ., I. 333. sea-cow (se'kou), n. 1. The walrus. Also sea- ox, sea-horse.-2. A lately extinct sirenian of the North Pacific, Rhytina stelleri : more fully called arctic , northern , or Steller's sea - cow . See Rhytina.-3. Any sirenian, as the manatee, dugong, or halicore.-4. The hippopotamus: translating a name of the Dutch colonists. eral large marine errant annelids, as of the ge- nus Eunice: so called from the resemblance of the numerous parapodia to the legs of cent i- peds.-2. An isopod of the family Idoteidæ . sea-change (sē'chānj), n. A change wrought Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea -change Into something rich and strange. Shak ., Tempest, i. 2. 400. sea-chart (sē'chärt), n. A marine map. See chart , 1. sea-craft (sē kraft), n. 1. In ship - building , a former name for the uppermost strake of ceil- ing, which is thicker than the rest of the ceil- ing, and is considered the principal binding strake. Now usually called clamp .-2. Skill in navigation. sea-crawfish (sēʼkra fish), n . A shrimp or prawn; especially, any member of the Palinuri- dæ , as Palinurus vulgar is , or in California P. interrupt us . See cut under Palinurus . sea-crawler (sē'kra"lėr), n. Any marine gas- tropod. Some say that it [Cyprus] was a hundred and seventy- five miles long, others two hundred; but the modern sea carts make it only one hundred and thirty-five in length, birds. (a) A sea-cormorant; the cormorant Phalacro- and sixty-two miles broad in the widest part. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 210. sea-chestnut (sē'ches"nut), n. A sea-urchin: so called from the rough spines, like the prickles of a chestnut-bur. sea-chickweed (se'chik" wēd), n. A seaside species of sandwort, Arenaria peploides , with very fleshy leaves. Also sea - purslane . sea-clam (sē'klam), n. 1. The surf-clam, Mactra solid is sima , a large heavy bivalve, used for food, sharing with some others the names of hen - clam , round clam, etc.-2. A clam, clamp, or forceps closed by a weight, for use with deep-sea sounding-lines. - Arctic sea-clam, Mya truncata , the chief food of the walrus. sea-burdock (sē'bėr"dok), n. Clotbur, Xan- thium strumarium. sea-butterfly (sē'butér-fli), n. See butterfly . sea-cabbage (sē'kabāj), n . 1. See Crambe , 2; also sea - kale , under kale .-2. See kambou . sea-cactus (sē'kaktus), n. A pedate holothu- rian of the family Thyonidæ . IMG:content-0429.png:[blocks in formation] I know your favour well, Though now you have no sea - cap on your head. Shak ., T. N., iii. 4. 364. 2. A basket-shaped sponge which sometimes attains great size, found in Florida. IMG:content-0430.png:[blocks in formation] sea-cloth (se kloth), n. The at ., a painted cloth Based on the stage to represent the water of the sea-coalt (sē kōl), n. [ secole , sæ- col (glo ing L. gagates , jet), sæ , sea, + col , coal.] Fo il coal, or coal dug from the earth: so called because it was first brought to Lon- don from Newcastle by sea. Such coal was also called pit - coal and earth - coal , to distinguish it from char- coal . As the use of fo il coal became general in England, so that it came to rank as the most important of fuels, these prefixes were dropped, and the material is now called simply coal , while the combustible prepared from wood by charring it in pits or kilns is called charcoal . We'll have a po et for't soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a sea - coal fire. Shak ., M. W. of W., i. 4. 9. sea-coast (sē kōst), n . The land immediately adjacent to the sea; the coast. - Sea-coast artil- lery. See artillery . sea-cob (se'kob), n . A sea-gull. Ray. sea-cock (sē'kok), n. Trigla , as T. cuculus ; a gurnard.-2. The sea- plover, Squatarola helvetica . [Maine.]-3. In a marine steam-engine, a cock or valve in the in- jection water-pipe which pa es from the sea to the condenser. It is supplementary to the ordinary cock at the condenser, and is intended to serve in case this should be injured. a ve el's hull with the sea. - 5. A sea-rover or viking. Kingsley : sea-dace (sēdās), n. 1. A sea-perch. [Local, Eng.]-2. The common English ba . See cut under Labrax . [Kent, Eng.] sea-daffodil (sē'daf"ō-dil), п . A plant belong- ing to species of the related amaryllidaceous genera Pancratium and Hymenocallis , which produce showy fragrant flowers. The plant spe- cifically so called is H. ( Ismene ) cal a thin a of Peru. An- other species is P. maritimum , found in salt-marshes in southern Europe and the southeastern United States. See sea-daisy (sēdā zi), n. The lady's-cushion, Armeria vulgar is . [Prov. Eng.] sea-cockroach (sē'kok"rōch), n. An anomu- rous crustacean of the genus Remipes . sea-cocoanut (sē kō kō-nut), n. See cocoanut. sea-colander (sē'kul"an-dėr), n. The popular name for Agarum Turner i , a large olive sea- weed: so called on account of the roundish succesfuld in the case of the first-named old sea -doys holes in the fronds. The fronds are oblong-ovate in general outline, with a cordate and crisped base, and grow from 1 to 4 feet long. The perforations begin to be formed after the frond has attained a length of 2 or 3 inches. sea-colewort (sē kōlwert), n. Sea-kale (which see, under kale ) . sea-compa (sē'kum"pas), n . The mariners' compa . of a tail like that of a triton, and sometimes with a sort of serrated fin along the back, continued down the tail. The body is covered with scales.