sea cradle

English

Noun

sea cradle (plural sea cradles)

  1. A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
    • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
      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.
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