- Atlantic and Arctic - Atlantic and Pacific - Indian and Pacific - Large bodies of water - Large seas - Lots of ingredients for a scone - Not the safest places to paddle untrustworthy canoes
- One who, or that which, flashes. - A man of more appearance of wit than reality. - A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all
tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis). - The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); --
called also flusher.
- Any one of several very large species of chelonians
having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill,
loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. - The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
- A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the
region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of
more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also
hausen. - The huchen, a large salmon.
- External part of the ear - A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf,
under Bipinnate. - One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. - One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. - Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks
found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long,
silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a
curiosity. - The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
- A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length
of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of
the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in
length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on
the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.