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Sea-born

Sea-born \Sea"-born`\, a.

  1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. ``Neptune and his sea-born niece.''
    --Waller.

  2. Born at sea.

Usage examples of "sea-born".

They were larger and dark, and, according to the sculptures, their motion over land surfaces was a swift, assured matter despite the queerness of their sea-born tentacle equipment.

Then with a swift flip of his fin, they were once again propelled towards the caves, leaving the bright majesty of the sea-born day, a seascape of exquisite delight, and soul stirring splendor, for the glittering future that lay just before them.

But unlike the mermen, he was not sea-born, nor equipped by nature with “ a secondary breathing apparatus to make him as free in the world of water as he was on land.