sea feather


noun
  1. any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony assumes a featherlike shape.

Origin of sea feather

1
First recorded in 1615–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use sea feather in a sentence

  • There was a lot of curious things on the piece of rock which had come up with the sea-feather.

    A Jolly Fellowship | Frank R. Stockton
  • It was a pretty big thing, for it was a sea-feather over five feet high,—a regular tree.

    A Jolly Fellowship | Frank R. Stockton
  • He just put one hand under my right arm, in which I held the sea-feather, and then we struck out together for the boat.

    A Jolly Fellowship | Frank R. Stockton
  • "No," said I, "take this," and he seized the sea-feather and pulled it in.

    A Jolly Fellowship | Frank R. Stockton