What is "sea raven"

Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zo["o]l.)

1. An American cottoid fish ( Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic coasts.

2. The cormorant.

Raven \Ra"ven\ (r[=a]"v'n), n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to D. raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. [root]19.] (Zo["o]l.) A large black passerine bird ( Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Sea raven (Zo["o]l.), the cormorant.

n. 1 An American cottoid fish, ''Hemitripterus americanus'', allied to the sculpins. 2 The cormorant.

n. large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught [syn: Hemitripterus americanus]

Sea ravens are a family, the Hemitripteridae, of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrates, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific Oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).