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sea drake

noun

Definitions

  1. A sea dragon.

    • When, after the death of the son, Beowulf and his companions pursued the mother into her retreat, they found the water full of sea-drakes and serpents (wyrm-cynnes fela), and nicers lying on the banks.
    • Sea drakes are also known to travel up the Rhone river to spawn in Lake Geneva, creating a hazard for shipping.
    • The sea drake uncoiled from the palace as they approached .

  2. The pewit gull, or sea cormorant (Corvus marinus)

    • The gardener found birds frozen to their branches, yet at the base of the same tree, a flock of sea-drakes and hens were perfectly unharmed!

  3. A male eider.

    • Another of our regular visiters from the North is the EIDER DUCK , which furnishes the fine down that is so valuable an article of commerce. On our coast this bird is commonly known by the name of the SEA DRAKE.
    • They are universally known as "Sea-ducks," the males being always distinguished as "Sea-drakes."

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