sea lionn.

Forms: see sea n. and lion n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., lion n.

Etymology: < sea n. + lion n.With sense 1 compare lion of the sea at lion n. 8, post-classical Latin leo marinus (1531 or earlier), and Middle French lyon marin (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny), French lion de mer (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense, in which the word has been obsolete since the early 17th cent.). With sense 3a compare French lion de mer (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense) and German Seelöwe (18th cent.). In sense 3b after German Seelöwe (16 July 1940 in this sense, in a directive by Hitler). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-lion.

†1. A kind of lobster or crab (see lion n. 8).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of genus Homarus (lobster)

lobstera1000

sea lion1601

locusta1664

sea-locust1672

fiery-tangs1813

chicken lobster1871

homarine1880

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > miscellaneous or unspecified types of crab

sea lion1601

blue crab1763

violet crab1774

angular crab1777

red crab1825

softshell1830

turtle-crab1838

porcellanian1840

Thelphusian1842

lady crab1844

oxystome1852

lobster-crab1854

porcelain crab1854

ochidore1855

havil1857

mask crab1857

sepoy crab1857

violet land crab1864

frog crab1876

stool-crab1880

paper-shell1890

porter crab1904

mitten crab1934

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. xi. 452 Sea Lions, which haue cleies or armes in manner of Crabfishes, but in other respects resembling Locusts.

2. A fabulous animal. In Heraldry (see quot. 1780).

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

dragonc1330

griffina1400

yalec1425

mermaid1445

manticorec1470

cockatrice1513

mermaiden1538

opinicus1546

lituit1562

Pegasus1562

equicerve1572

harpy1572

lyciske1572

verme1572

wyver1599

merman1601

lion-dragon1610

lion-poisson1610

wyvern1610

Sagittarius1619

sagittary1632

man-fish1653

sea lion1661

satyral1724

man-tiger1780

sea-dog1780

Welsh dragon1799

camelopardel1830

satyr1845

serpivolant1866

sea monkey1909

1661 Tatham in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 478 In the Reare..are placed two Sea Lyons riding on the surface of the water, and on their backs two Trytons playing on retorted Pipes or Hornes antique, agreeable with the Musick of Neptune.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Sea-Lion, the upper part is formed like that of a lion, and the lower part like the tail of a fish... Sometimes they are drawn erect, and on their tails; and then they are blazoned as follows: Sea-lions erect on their tails.

3. One of several large eared seals:

a. (a) the largest otary of the North Pacific, Otaria (Eumetopias) stelleri, Steller's or the Northern sea lion; (b) the Southern or Patagonian sea lion, Otaria jubata; (c) the Zalophus lobatus of Australian seas, also the distinct species Z. californianus of the North Pacific.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion)

manatee1697

sea lion1697

lion of the sea1773

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 90 The Sea Lion is a large creature about 12 or 14 foot long.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 124 A sailor..employed in skinning a young sea-lion.

187. Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 226 White-necked Otary, or Australian Sea-Lion [Otaria albicollis].

187. Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 226 The Patagonian Sea Lion, or Cook's Otary [Otaria jubata].

1880 H. W. Elliott Rep. Seal Island Alaska (1884) 84 The northern sea~lion, Eumetopias Stelleri.

b. transferred. In full, Operation Sea Lion, the code name for the German plan to invade the United Kingdom after the fall of France in the war of 1939–45. (Announced by Hitler in July 1940 and cancelled in October of that year.)

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > specific operation

overlord1943

sea lion1949

1949 W. S. Churchill Their Finest Hour xiv. 261 Our excellent Intelligence confirmed that the operation ‘Sea Lion’ had been definitely ordered by Hitler.

1951 F. H. Hinsley Hitler's Strategy iv. 83 In his [sc. Hitler's] mind ‘Sea Lion’ was never more than a colossal bluff.

1951 F. H. Hinsley Hitler's Strategy x. 191 The final cancellation of operation ‘Sea Lion’..was less important for itself than as an indication of the state of mind to which Hitler had already been reduced.

1978 ‘D. Kyle’ Black Camelot xi. 178 Heydrich..must have obtained Raeder's copy after Sea Lion was cancelled.

Derivatives

† sea lioness n. Obsolete rare. a female sea lion.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion) > young or female

sea lioness1753

pup1815

1753 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 111 But, if a shew~man gives out, that his animal is a sea-lioness, he will easily report any other absurdity.

1771 tr. A. J. Pernety Hist. Voy. Malouine Islands (1773) 186 M. Guyot brought..five sea-lionesses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sea lion
释义	sea lionn. Forms: see sea n. and lion n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., lion n. Etymology: < sea n. + lion n.With sense 1 compare lion of the sea at lion n. 8, post-classical Latin leo marinus (1531 or earlier), and Middle French lyon marin (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny), French lion de mer (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense, in which the word has been obsolete since the early 17th cent.). With sense 3a compare French lion de mer (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense) and German Seelöwe (18th cent.). In sense 3b after German Seelöwe (16 July 1940 in this sense, in a directive by Hitler). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-lion. †1. A kind of lobster or crab (see lion n. 8). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of genus Homarus (lobster) lobstera1000 sea lion1601 locusta1664 sea-locust1672 fiery-tangs1813 chicken lobster1871 homarine1880 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > miscellaneous or unspecified types of crab sea lion1601 blue crab1763 violet crab1774 angular crab1777 red crab1825 softshell1830 turtle-crab1838 porcellanian1840 Thelphusian1842 lady crab1844 oxystome1852 lobster-crab1854 porcelain crab1854 ochidore1855 havil1857 mask crab1857 sepoy crab1857 violet land crab1864 frog crab1876 stool-crab1880 paper-shell1890 porter crab1904 mitten crab1934 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. xi. 452 Sea Lions, which haue cleies or armes in manner of Crabfishes, but in other respects resembling Locusts. 2. A fabulous animal. In Heraldry (see quot. 1780). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 1661 Tatham in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 478 In the Reare..are placed two Sea Lyons riding on the surface of the water, and on their backs two Trytons playing on retorted Pipes or Hornes antique, agreeable with the Musick of Neptune. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Sea-Lion, the upper part is formed like that of a lion, and the lower part like the tail of a fish... Sometimes they are drawn erect, and on their tails; and then they are blazoned as follows: Sea-lions erect on their tails. 3. One of several large eared seals: a. (a) the largest otary of the North Pacific, Otaria (Eumetopias) stelleri, Steller's or the Northern sea lion; (b) the Southern or Patagonian sea lion, Otaria jubata; (c) the Zalophus lobatus of Australian seas, also the distinct species Z. californianus of the North Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion) manatee1697 sea lion1697 lion of the sea1773 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 90 The Sea Lion is a large creature about 12 or 14 foot long. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 124 A sailor..employed in skinning a young sea-lion. 187. Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 226 White-necked Otary, or Australian Sea-Lion [Otaria albicollis]. 187. Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 226 The Patagonian Sea Lion, or Cook's Otary [Otaria jubata]. 1880 H. W. Elliott Rep. Seal Island Alaska (1884) 84 The northern sea~lion, Eumetopias Stelleri. b. transferred. In full, Operation Sea Lion, the code name for the German plan to invade the United Kingdom after the fall of France in the war of 1939–45. (Announced by Hitler in July 1940 and cancelled in October of that year.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > specific operation overlord1943 sea lion1949 1949 W. S. Churchill Their Finest Hour xiv. 261 Our excellent Intelligence confirmed that the operation ‘Sea Lion’ had been definitely ordered by Hitler. 1951 F. H. Hinsley Hitler's Strategy iv. 83 In his [sc. Hitler's] mind ‘Sea Lion’ was never more than a colossal bluff. 1951 F. H. Hinsley Hitler's Strategy x. 191 The final cancellation of operation ‘Sea Lion’..was less important for itself than as an indication of the state of mind to which Hitler had already been reduced. 1978 ‘D. Kyle’ Black Camelot xi. 178 Heydrich..must have obtained Raeder's copy after Sea Lion was cancelled. Derivatives † sea lioness n. Obsolete rare. a female sea lion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion) > young or female sea lioness1753 pup1815 1753 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 111 But, if a shew~man gives out, that his animal is a sea-lioness, he will easily report any other absurdity. 1771 tr. A. J. Pernety Hist. Voy. Malouine Islands (1773) 186 M. Guyot brought..five sea-lionesses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1601
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