sea unicorn (seunikorn)

The narwhal, Monodon monoceros: so called from the single horn-like tusk of the male, sometimes 8 feet long. See cuts under Monodon and narwhal. sea-urchin (sē'ėr"chin), n. An echinoid; any member of the Ech i no idea; a sea-egg or sea hedgehog. Many of the leading forms have popular designations or vernacular book-names, as heart-urchins, Spatangidæ; helmet-urchins, Galeritidæ; shield-urchins, Scutellidæ; turban-urchins, Cidaridæ. The common green sea urchin of New England is Strongylocentrotus drobachi ens is (figured under the generic word). A purple sea-urchin is Arbacia punctulata. Toxopneustes francisco rum is a Californian sea-urchin used for food by Indians, and the common European one figured under Echinus is cla ic in the annals of gastronomy. The species here figured is Sea-urchin ( Phormosoma luculentum). flatter and le prickly than usual; still flatter ones are those known as cake - urchins, sand - dollars, etc. (See sand dollar.) Some sea-urchins have spines several inches long, and in others the spines become heavy clubs. Sea-urchins, like sea-anemones, are common objects on most sea-coasts, and their dry tests, usually lacking the spines, are often of beautiful tints. See Echinus, also cuts under ambulacrum, Ananchytes, cake-urchin, Cidaris, Clypeastridæ, Ech i no idea, Echinometra, Echinothuriidæ, Echinus, Encope, lantern, pet a lost i cho us, and Strongylocentrotus. sea-vampire (sē'vampir), n. A devil-fish or manta. Men have been struck with the resemblances between animals of the land and those of the water. Among fishes we have " sea - vampires ," "sea-eagles," "sea-wolves," etc. S. Tenney, Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 324.