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sea dog

sea dog is the alternative spelling of seadog.

Meaning of seadog

Noun

seadog (plural seadogs)

  1. A sailor accustomed to the sea.
    • The old seadog knew the storm was coming long before the rest of the crew were aware of it.
  2. A pirate.
  3. (Scotland, archaic) A seal, especially a harbor seal. (marine mammal)
  4. A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
  5. (informal) Synonym of sea puppy.
    • Sea Dogs (Otherwise known as Harbor Seals)2023 June 6, Gladu, Sarah, Coastal Rivers
    Synonyms:
    sea puppy
  6. A dogfish.

See all 9 meanings of seadog

Forms of sea dog

pluralsea dogs

Questions about sea dog

What is sea dog the alternative spelling of?
Sea dog is the alternative spelling of seadog.

Words near sea dog in the dictionary

  1. sea day
  2. Sea Dayak
  3. sea days
  4. sea devil
  5. sea devils
  6. sea dog
  7. sea dogs
  8. sea dollar
  9. sea dollars
  10. sea donkey
  11. sea donkeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea dog (page history and authors); seadog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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