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sea mouse

American

noun

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

sea mouse British

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

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Etymology

Origin of sea mouse

First recorded in 1510–20

Example Sentences

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Beneath the waves I chased with joyous hand Upon the bed of an imagined sand The slippery brown sea mouse, that still escaped, Where the deep cave beneath my knee was shaped.

From The Magic City by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

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