ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia
sertularian
Noun
feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
sea anemone
Noun
marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles
spiny-headed worm
Noun
any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
sagitta
Noun
any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
sponge
Noun
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework
sponge
Noun
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
sponge
Noun
someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
sponge
Noun
a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
sponge
Verb
gather sponges, in the ocean
sponge
Verb
wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
sponge
Verb
soak up with a sponge
sponge
Verb
erase with a sponge
sponge
Verb
ask for and get free
sea pen
Noun
fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
sponge genus
Noun
a genus of Porifera
sea feather
Noun
corals forming featherlike colonies
sea fan
Noun
corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton
stony coral
Noun
corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
staghorn coral
Noun
large branching coral resembling antlers
stag's-horn coral
Noun
large branching coral resembling antlers
schistosome
Noun
flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
sea-ear
Noun
an abalone found near the Channel Islands
scorpion shell
Noun
any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines
sea hare
Noun
naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
snail
Noun
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
snail
Noun
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
snail
Verb
gather snails
seasnail
Noun
any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks
seasnail
Noun
small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker
sea mouse
Noun
any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back
solenogaster
Noun
deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
seed oyster
Noun
a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation
sea cradle
Noun
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
spat
Noun
a young oyster or other bivalve
spat
Noun
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
spat
Noun
a quarrel about petty points
spat
Verb
clap one's hands together
spat
Verb
spawn
spat
Verb
engage in a brief and petty quarrel
spat
Verb
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
spat
Verb
strike with a sound like that of falling rain
spat
Verb
become permanently attached
spat
Verb
come down like raindrops
shellfish
Noun
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
shellfish
Noun
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
scaphopod
Noun
burrowing marine mollusk
saddle oyster
Noun
thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched
seashell
Noun
the shell of a marine organism
soft-shell clam
Noun
an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe