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Sea cock

Sea cock \Sea" cock`\

  1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The black-bellied plover.

    2. A gurnard, as the European red gurnard ( Trigla pini).