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PRONUNCIATION OF SEA PEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEA PEN

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Sea pen is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SEA PEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sea pen

Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 16 families within the order; they are thought to have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Sea pens are grouped with the octocorals, together with sea whips and gorgonians. Although named after their feather-like appearance reminiscent of antique quill pens, only sea pen species belonging to the suborder Subselliflorae live up to the comparison. Those belonging to the much larger suborder Sessiliflorae lack feathery structures and grow in club-like or radiating forms. The latter suborder includes what are commonly known as sea pansies. The earliest accepted fossils are known from the Cambrian-aged Burgess Shale, similar fossils from the Ediacaran may represent the dawn of sea pens. Precisely what these early fossils are, however, is not decided.

Definition of sea pen in the English dictionary

The definition of sea pen in the dictionary is any of various anthozoan coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, forming fleshy feather-like colonies in warm seas: order Pennatulacea.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEA PEN

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Sea of Azov
Sea of Galilee
Sea of Marmara
Sea of Okhotsk
sea onion
sea otter
sea perch
sea pink
sea power
sea purse
sea purslane
sea ranger
sea raven
sea robin
sea rocket
sea room

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEA PEN

ball pen
ballpoint pen
cartridge pen
catching pen
data pen
digital pen
drawing pen
felt pen
felt-tip pen
fiber-tip pen
fibre-tip pen
fountain pen
light pen
mapping pen
marker pen
medium-fine pen
quill pen
submarine pen
the pen

Synonyms and antonyms of sea pen in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sea pen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEA PEN

Find out the translation of sea pen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sea pen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sea pen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海笔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pluma de mar
570 millions of speakers

English

sea pen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्र कलम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القلم البحر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

море ручка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caneta mar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমুদ্রের কলম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Stylo mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pena laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meer Stift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウミエラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바다 펜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sea pen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bút biển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடல் பேனா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समुद्र पेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Deniz kalemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penna mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

morze pióro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

море ручка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stilou mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θάλασσα στυλό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

see pen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hav penna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sea ​​penn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sea pen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA PEN»

The term «sea pen» is normally little used and occupies the 139.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA PEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sea pen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA PEN»

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Aquatic Life of the World: Sea pen-Swordfish
Examines every major aquatic organism as well as lesser-known and rare life-forms including water-dwelling plants and animals and the algae and bacteria that constitute the first links in the food chain.
‎2001
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The sea and its wonders, by M. and E. Kirby
70 THE SEA-PEN. THE SEA-PEN. Have you ever looked carefully at the feather of a bird ? It is very wonderful indeed. Each separate plume of the feather clasps its neighbour by a set of hinges. I think, however, the pen found in the sea is ...
Mary Kirby, 1871
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The sea and its wonders: A companion volume to "The world at ...
THE SEA-PEN. Have you ever looked carefully at the feather of a bird ? It is very wonderful indeed. Each separate plume of the feather clasps its neighbour by a set of hinges. I think, however, the pen found in the sea is even more curious.
Mrs. Mary (Kirby) Gregg, Elizabeth Kirby, 1871
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
Description. of. an. Animal,. called. the. Sea-Pen. 36%. the nation, and if they in effect declare, laments, which are protruded when that to defend the liberties of the peo- prey is to be caught, but at other pie, subjects the guardians of thole li- ...
‎1764
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Partnerships in the Sea: Hong Kong's Marine Symbioses
The Sea-Pen and the Porcelain Crab Our second example of mutualism concerns itself with one of the strangest of hosts and one of the most unobtrusive of crustaceans. On sandy deposits, well below the water line, typically just further  ...
Brian Morton, 1989
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
in the other sea-pens. Other authors mention, that the tentacles are only on one side; but Dr. Bohadsch had an opportunity of seeing it as it was taken out of the sea. 9. Pennatula stellifera, the starry sea-pen : stem simple, about four inches ...
‎1823
7
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Pennatula coccinea, thescarlet sea-pen : stem round, radiating, with papillous polype-bearing sides, and cla'vate at the top. It inhabits the deeps of the White Sea, and unites the two genera, Alcyonium and Pennatula; it is soft, red, an inch and ...
John Wilkes, 1823
8
Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow
The sea pen is oriented so that its flat surface faces the major prevailing flow. A parallel series of semi-circular leaves carries the filtering elements. These filtering elements are polyps with radiating tentacles bearing pinnules which are located ...
David Wildish, David Kristmanson, 2005
9
Down by the Sea with Brush and Pen: Draw and Paint Beautiful ...
... the page. “THE MEETING OF ROCK AND SEA” Pen, ink and watercolor. 17 Chapter 1.
Claudia Nice, 2009
10
The Gentleman's Magazine
J porturtity of observing one of these a- nimals alive in rta Water, and he gives An Account of a Sea Animal, called a the following account of what he sawt Sea- Pen. A portion of the stem contracted, THE Sea-pen is of the kind called and ...
‎1764

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEA PEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sea pen is used in the context of the following news items.
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SeaWorld CEO: Releasing Orcas Would Be 'Poor Choice'
At a shareholder's meeting on Wednesday, when asked about the capability of the park to build a sea pen and transfer its performing orcas to a natural ... «Ecorazzi, Jun 15»
2
Will SeaWorld (SEAS) Stock be Affected by CEO's Orca Release …
"More than 80% of our whales were born in our care, and sea pens would be a poor choice for them," Manby said at the meeting, The Post noted. «TheStreet.com, Jun 15»
3
Can Captive Dolphins Return to the Wild?
Just offshore was a collection of floating pens used to farm fish. In one .... In October 2011 the sea pen, with Tom and Misha inside, was carefully towed to a new ... «National Geographic, May 15»
4
Legal battle expected in wake of Lolita decision for endangered status
Lolita could survive in a sea pen or the open waters of the Pacific Northwest, and we are not willing to treat her life as an experiment.” Orcas, also known as killer ... «The Seattle Times, Feb 15»
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VIDEO: Alki rally, march urges freedom for Lolita, last surviving …
Much support and monitoring will be provided before and after she is released, first in a sea pen in her home waters, where her pod still swims, to be sure that ... «West Seattle Blog, Jan 15»
6
National Aquarium Considering Ending Its Captive Dolphin Exhibit
It's likely the dolphins would be relocated into a large sea pen, where they would still rely on human care and feeding. The location of such a pen is also an open ... «Earth Island Journal, Jun 14»
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Break Out the Kleenex: World's Loneliest Orca Could Reunite With …
Activists have tried for years to send Lolita, also known as Tokitae, to a sea pen in Washington, without success. But last year, the ALDF, PETA, Orca Network, ... «TakePart, Jan 14»
8
A Surge In Wild Orca Capture for Killer Whale Shows
In the past two months 7 wild orcas have been captured in the Sea of Okhotsk ... the killer whales were trucked hundreds of miles to a sea pen near Vladivostok, ... «Outside Magazine, Nov 13»
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In the Wake of Blackfish -- Is it Time to Retire the Last Killer Whale …
Do you think that Lolita should be given a chance to retire to this sea pen, where she will be taken care of by experts for the duration of her life if she is unable to ... «Huffington Post, Oct 13»
10
The War Between CNN and SeaWorld Over 'Blackfish' Escalates
Springer was eventually caught and transferred to a netted-off pen, where she .... "Sea pens are not appropriate for long-term care," Jacobs claimed, without ... «TakePart, Oct 13»

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