sea rat

noun

A fish, the chimaera.

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Meanings

nounsea rat (plural sea rats)

plural sea rats

  1. A fish, the chimaera.
  2. A pirate.

    And you the Neptunes of the sea; you shall / No more be sea-rats.

    c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger, “A Very Woman”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 5, scene 1, page 461

    Synonyms: pirate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pirate.

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pirate
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corsairpirate
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sea rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20rat

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