Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEA-EAR
SEA-EAR, n. [sea and ear.]
A scutibranchiate gasteropodous molluscum with a univalve shell, belonging to the genus Haliotis, remarkable for the splendid colors [principally green and violet] of the interior, and a row of small holes pierced through one side. – Haldeman.
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