Meanings
nounsea cradle (plural sea cradles)
plural sea cradles
- A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tubs worms in another place, sea pansies in another.
1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Synonyms & antonyms
nounprimitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
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