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ˈsea-cat
[Cf. F. chat de mer, ‘the smallest kind of dog-fish’ (Cotgr.).]
1. A name for various fishes.
a. The wolf-fish, Anarrhichas lupus.
b. The great weever, Trachinus draco.
c. A shark, Scyllium catulus.
d. Chimæra monstrosa.
e. Any sea-catfish, as ælurichthys marinus.
1601Holland Pliny xxxii. ix. II. 445 The fish named the Sea-cat or Weazill. 1710Sibbald Fife & Kinross 51 Lupus Marinus Shonfeldii & Nostras; our Fishers call it the Sea-Cat, or Cat-fish. a1779D. Graham Buck-Haven Writ. (1883) II. 220 Spout-fish, sea-cats, sea-dogs. 1860Wraxall Life in Sea v. 108 The Spotted Shark, or Sea Cat (Scyllium catulus, Cuvier). 1884Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 628 The Gaff-topsail Catfish..is known [in various places] as the ‘Sea Cat’. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 72 Chimæra monstrosa,..sea-cat, sea-rat, etc. of fishermen.
2.
†a. [Du. zeekat.] A squid or cuttlefish. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny xxxii. ii. II. 428 The foresaid writer Trebius Niger reporteth, That the sea-cats or Cuttle fishes..wil flie out of the sea [etc.].
b. S. Afr. One of several species of octopus, esp. Octopus vulgaris.
1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape of Good Hope I. ii. 26 The sepia loligo, and the sepia octopodia,..are known to our sailors by the name of black-fish and sea⁓cats. 1882Cape Q. Rev. Oct. 36 Even the sea cat responded to the hook. 1913W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 51 The octopus or sea-cat..appears to find a more congenial habitat on the rocky stretches of sea⁓board. 1957S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 38 If seacat is used, a baby octopus put on whole will be most acceptable.
†3. The sea-hare. Obs.
1758Phil. Trans. L. 586 Some call them..sea-cats.
†4. The sea-bear or common fur-seal. Obs.
1764J. Grieve tr. Krasheninnikoff's Kamtschatka 123 The sea cat is about half the size of the sea lion; in form resembling the seal. 1772–84Cook's Voy. (1790) V. 1668 Sea-cats..have long hairs standing out on each side of their mouths like those of a cat.
5. Mil. (In form Seacat or Sea Cat.) The name of a short-range, ship-to-air, guided missile (system).
1959Times 5 Feb. 7/3 By early next year a considerable number of Britain's warships will be equipped with surface-to-air missiles, and these weapons..will almost certainly include the Short SX-A5 which was named the Seacat by the Admiralty and the Ministry of Supply yesterday. 1969B. B. Schofield in P. Kemp Hist. Royal Navy xxvii. 294/1 In April 1958 a contract was awarded for the development of a close-range ship-to-air guided weapon to replace the 40-mm Bofors A/A guns in H.M. ships... This was achieved by the production of the Seacat missile. 1977Navy News June 6 The 2,500 ton warship is armed with an automatic rapid fire 4·5 in. gun, Sea Cat and Exocet missile systems, and she operates a Wasp helicopter. |