sea-lungsn.

Etymology: < sea n. + lung n., translating Latin pulmo marinus, Greek πλεύμων θαλάσσιος, said to be so called from the alternate contraction and expansion, as if breathing. Compare Spanish pulmon marino, ‘a bright Froth in the Sea that shines’ (Stevens. 1706).

An acaleph of the Ctenophora n.

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1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 215 Which [light] is likewise seen in the fervent froath of the Sea which they call the Sea-longs [L. Pulmonem marinum].

1653 R. Gentilis tr. F. Bacon Nat. & Exper. Hist. Winds 234 Sea water violently stirred up with Oars, will give a light, & seem to burn, which kind of burning or light the Spaniards call the Sea~lungs.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 197 That passage of Pythæas mentioned by Strabo, that all the air beyond Thule is thick, condensed and gellied, looking just like Sea Lungs. [Strabo πλεύμονι θαλασσιῳ ἐοικός.]

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 89 The Sea Lungs. This is a very singular and odd animal; it seems a mere lump, of a whitish semi-pellucid jelly.

a1776 J. Ellis Nat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) 175 Alcyonium Pulmonaria. Sea Lungs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sea-lungs
释义	sea-lungsn. Etymology: < sea n. + lung n., translating Latin pulmo marinus, Greek πλεύμων θαλάσσιος, said to be so called from the alternate contraction and expansion, as if breathing. Compare Spanish pulmon marino, ‘a bright Froth in the Sea that shines’ (Stevens. 1706). An acaleph of the Ctenophora n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Ctenophora > member of sea-lungs1640 ctenophore1859 ctenophoran1863 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 215 Which [light] is likewise seen in the fervent froath of the Sea which they call the Sea-longs [L. Pulmonem marinum]. 1653 R. Gentilis tr. F. Bacon Nat. & Exper. Hist. Winds 234 Sea water violently stirred up with Oars, will give a light, & seem to burn, which kind of burning or light the Spaniards call the Sea~lungs. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 197 That passage of Pythæas mentioned by Strabo, that all the air beyond Thule is thick, condensed and gellied, looking just like Sea Lungs. [Strabo πλεύμονι θαλασσιῳ ἐοικός.] 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 89 The Sea Lungs. This is a very singular and odd animal; it seems a mere lump, of a whitish semi-pellucid jelly. a1776 J. Ellis Nat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) 175 Alcyonium Pulmonaria. Sea Lungs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1640
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