sea calf
noun
Origin of sea calf
1Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Words Nearby sea calf
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How to use sea calf in a sentence
Ipsis (says Pliny, speaking of the sea-calf) in somne mugitus, unde nomen vituli.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonHe was so terrified at thunder and lightning that he always carried with him the skin of a sea-calf as an antidote.
That devil of a sea-calf is the cause of all this storm, and is the only man who doth not lend a helping hand.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. | Francois RabelaisThe larger seal, or sea-calf, which seeks the most solitary recesses for its abode.
The Pirate | Sir Walter ScottThe sole is covered with a sea-calf's skin, with the hair outside; this precaution hinders retrograde movements.
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