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sea-lungs
[tr. L. pulmo marinus, Gr. πλεύµων θαλάσσιος, said to be so called from the alternate contraction and expansion, as if breathing.
Cf. Sp. pulmon marino, ‘a bright Froth in the Sea that shines’ (Stevens. 1706).]
An acaleph of the Ctenophora.
1640Wats Bacon's Adv. Learn. iv. iii. 215 Which [light] is likewise seen in the fervent froath of the Sea which they call the Sea-longs [orig. Pulmonem marinum]. 1653R. G. tr. Bacon's 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. c1675Sir T. Browne 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.] 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 89 The Sea Lungs. This is a very singular and odd animal; it seems a mere lump, of a whitish semi-pellucid jelly. a1776J. Ellis Zoophytes (1786) 175 Alcyonium Pulmonaria. Sea Lungs. |