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  • sea hawk
    [OED different sp.] n. the osprey, Pandion haliaetus: 1972 (Paterson 47). (Black)
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  • sea gulf
    (lieu., Mayag.); sea gully (Andros) [cf. W Car, sea gulf idem (by hypercorrection of
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  • sea-grass eel
    n. an eel, Chilorhinus suensoni: 1968 (Böhlke 74). (Black)
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  • sea crawler
    n. a gray, half-inch long marine animal (sp?) with tiny legs, often used for bait. (Black)
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  • sea cock
    [cf. OED cock penis, from shape] n. a variety of dark eel (sp?). (Black)
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  • sea bush
    [W3 different sp.] n. a shrub, Borrichia arborescens: 1920 (Britton 450). = BAY MARI­GOLD. (Inagua, Sari Sal.)
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  • scuttle
    [OED, altered form of cut tie, rare; by hypercorrection of initial consonant] n. the cuttlefish, often thought to be young ocotopus: Some people
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  • scurb
    See CURB.
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  • sculling oars
    [cf. OARS oar] n. a single oar used at the stern of a boat, as opposed to ROW OARS. (Andros, Adelaide)
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  • scull
    [OED, to propel a boat by working an oar at the stern from side to side, reversing the blade at each
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