sea fire

American  

noun

1. a bioluminescent glow produced by phosphorescent marine organisms.

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Etymology

Origin of sea fire

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The British could not cover the troops from sea fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they worship the sun, the moon, the host of heaven, the rivers, the sea, fire, air, and what not.

From Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by Clouston, William Alexander

It may be the sea, fire, loneliness, the past, the present, the future, hereafter, a wife with an angel’s face and the tongue of the Devil, a rat maybe, or a shadow itself.

From The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables by O'Brien, Seumas

“Ay, sir, it do look uncommon like it, and no mistake—yes; that’s the sea fire shinin’ to the stroke of oars, right enough,” exclaimed Cutler.

From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Hodgson, Edward S.

But in preparing the ship for sea, fire had not been sufficiently considered.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)