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Definition of Sea raven
1. Noun. Large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught.
Generic synonyms: Sculpin
Group relationships: Genus Hemitripterus, Hemitripterus
Definition of Sea raven
1. Noun. An American cottoid fish, ''Hemitripterus americanus'', allied to the sculpins. ¹
2. Noun. The cormorant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea raven
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Raven
Literary usage of Sea raven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Other names for this and the preceding genus are globe fish, urchin fish, and
spine-belly. sea raven, an ... The typical species is the common sea raven (H. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"... and pharyngeal bones; the tongue is smooth, the branchiostegal rays 6, and
the body without scales. The typical species is the common sea raven (H. ..."
3. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"They breed for the most part in summer, and certain species, like the Sea-raven
and the Greenland Sculpin, at that time assume very brilliant colors. ..."
4. A New Dictionary, English and French, and French and English ...by Louis Chambaud, Jean-Thomas Hérissant Des Carrières by Louis Chambaud, Jean-Thomas Hérissant Des Carrières (1815)
"... J. [akbd of sea-raven] Cormoran, m. fig. un gourmand, un glouton. CORN (körne),
s. [a seed which grows ia ears] Bll, m. grain, ..."
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