English Explanatory Dictionary

sea mouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A marine polychaete worm (genus Aphrodita) with the body covered in a dense mat of setae.
  2. The dunlin.

Word forms

sea mouse sea mice

Etymology

Perhaps because it resembles a bedraggled mouse when washed up on shore.

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