sea devil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sea devil
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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But after the sea devil was destroyed, what was my surprise to find that all these years he had been lying over a round hole in the rock and covering it with his scarlet body!
From The Sea Fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
It’s got a head like a sea devil; the upper part seems like a peacock trying to peck him in the back of the head.”
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard
But it was too late, the sea devil was too near to be balked of the prey.
From A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude by Rahn, A. D.
And then, minutes or hours later, close to here, the sea devil had sprung.
From Under Arctic Ice by Winter, H. G.
"Can you fight and conquer the big sea devil up in the dome?" asked Trot.
From The Sea Fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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