sea devil

How to use sea devil in a sentence

• One of the harbour regulations consists of a special paragraph warning seamen against using this poisonous "sea-devil."

  Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von Scherzer

• Barthelemy became master of the ship, and lashing it to the sea devil, sailed off with both vessels at a wonderful rate of speed.

  The Corsair King | Mr Jkai

• The sea devil sailed close up to it, the Dutch consort remaining a little behind.

  The Corsair King | Mr Jkai

• Also a species of Lophius or toad-fish; from its ugliness and habits called also the sea-devil.

  The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth

• The manta, or sea-devil, of tropical America is Manta birostris.

  A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan