sea mouse

noun

any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.

Origin of sea mouse

First recorded in 1510–20

Words Nearby sea mouse

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How to use sea mouse in a sentence

A is the Sea-Mouse, a bristly creature so named by some very imaginative person.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
The whale should make friends with the sea-mouse, who will serve as a guide so that the monster will never go astray.
Bluebeard | Clifton Johnson
Looking far more like a hairy slug than a worm, the sea-mouse also belongs to the class of the annelids.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore Wood
The sea-mouse was a sausage with iridescent fur: very peculiar.
Mortal Coils | Aldous Huxley
This polychte, sometimes called the sea-mouse, is one of the most beautiful of worms.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for sea mouse

sea mouse

noun

any of several large polychaete worms of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a broad flattened body covered dorsally with a dense mat of iridescent hairlike chaetae

Origin of sea mouse

C16: so called because of its appearance

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