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green sea

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. a solid mass of water breaking over the bow or bulwark of a ship.


Etymology

Origin of green sea

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35


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For more than 25 years, Khalil dedicated herself to protecting endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles that nest along Lebanon's southern coast.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

East Pacific green sea turtles, a species primarily found on California’s coast, are categorized as a threatened species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

The scientists also noted the shocking range of cat diets, characterizing them as "extreme generalist predators" who will feed off of animals as large as American bullfrogs, emus, green sea turtles and domestic cows.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2023

A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023

It swelled like a green sea up to the very foot of the Emyn Muil.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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