sea purse

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noun

the horny egg case of certain rays and sharks.

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Origin of sea purse

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby sea purse

seaplane, sea-poacher, sea poppy, seaport, sea power, sea purse, sea purslane, sea puss, SEAQ, seaquake, sear

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How to use sea purse in a sentence

My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.
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And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for sea purse

sea purse

noun

a tough horny envelope containing fertilized eggs, produced by the female of certain sharks and skatesAlso called: mermaid's purse

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