† dead man's toesn.
Obsolete.
= dead man's thumb n. 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Alcyonaria > genus Alcyonium > member of
sea-foam1725
dead man's hand1755
dead man's toes1755
mermaid's glove1793
alcyonian1844
alcyonoid1857
dead man's finger1860
alcyonarian1861
dead man's thumb1863
sea-finger1876
1755 J. Ellis Ess. Nat. Hist. Corallines 83 Dead Man's Hand or Dead Man's Toes. This extraordinary Sea-production is indebted for the English name to the Fishermen, who often take it up in their Nets, when they are trawling for flat Fish.
a1776 J. Ellis Nat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) 83 Round white eggs, like those described in the Alcyonium digitatum or Dead Man's Toes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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