sea-bulln.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia
sea-bulla1400
mermaida1544
sea-cow1613
sea-ape1755
sirenian1883
trichechodont1887
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > male or female
sea-bulla1400
cow1726
a1400–50 Alexander 3846 Of Seeles & of see-Bules a swyth grete nounbre.
a1400–50 Alexander 4098 A cowdrife breste [? read beste], Of sembalaunce as a see-bule.
?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. riiii Focas is a see bulle & is very stronge & dangerous.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 216/1 He beareth Argent, a sea Bulls-head couped, Sable.
2. The male of the sea-cow or hippopotamus.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae > hippopotamus, amphibiusi, or hippo > male
sea-bull1863
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iii. 88 A large sea-bull lying asleep close inland behind some reeds.
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