sea-apen.
1. The sea-fox ( Alopias vulpes). See ape n. 5.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Alopiidae (sea-ape)
sea-fox1605
thresher1605
sea-ape1607
sea ape1607
sea dog-fish1611
thrasher1638
thrasher fish1658
long-tailed shark1776
thresher fish1817
fox-shark1828
swingle-tail1839
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 5 The Dolphin..recouereth by eating a sea-ape.
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 86 Sea Fox or Ape.
1861 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands I. 37 Sea ape = Thrasher.
a. Perh.: the manatee. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia
sea-bulla1400
mermaida1544
sea-cow1613
sea-ape1755
sirenian1883
trichechodont1887
1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. 191 These Mer-men, or, as we may rather call them Sea-apes.
b. The Northern manatee: see manatee n. 2. Also attributive. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea-cow)
sea-ape1781
Steller's sea-cow1814
Rytina1836
Stellerine1854
northern manatee1855
1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 544 Sea Ape Manati. Mr. Steller saw on the coast of America another very singular animal which he calls a Sea Ape: it was five feet long: the head like a dog's: [etc.].
3. ‘The sea-otter; so called from its gambols’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Enhydra (sea-otter)
sea-otter1664
sea-beaver1761
sea-apea1891
a1891 H. Partridge in Cent. Dict. When holding a fore-paw over their eyes in order to look about them with more distinctness, they are called sea-apes.
4. The Northern Chimæra ( C. monstrosa).
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Holocephali > [noun] > member of family Chimaeridae > chimaera monstrosa (rabbit-fish)
sea-cat1601
chimera1804
rabbitfish1828
sea-ape1862
1862 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands I. 145 Arctic Chimæra... Sea Ape.
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