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sea morse

sea morse noun: the walrus.

Noun

sea morse

  1. (obsolete) The walrus.
    • A Sea Morce-head, it is a fish of Lap-land, and of Norway, also of Green-land; This fish do's sleep hanging on the Rocks by the great teeth of the upper jaw, and so is taken in those parts.1665, Robert Hubert, A Catalogue of Many Natural Rarities, page 29
    • His snout lifted barked at the wavenoise, herds of seamorse.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 46

Questions about sea morse

What does sea morse mean?
Sea morse means the walrus.
What part of speech is sea morse?
Sea morse is a noun.

Words near sea morse in the dictionary

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  9. sea moth
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