sea-mouse

The walls were utterly bare of adornment; for the few strange things, such as a large dried bat with wings dispread, the skin of a porcupine, and a stuffed sea-mouse, could hardly be reckoned as such.

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women 1905

She was a “sea-mouse,” long, shallow, and very fast under sail; she also carried again an unwontedly heavy crew.

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

The sea-mouse was fleet indeed for a trader, but unlike a trireme must count on her canvas for her speed.

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

The sea-mouse creaked and groaned through all her timbers and her lading.

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

A long race it would be, but with the gale so light the chances were against the sea-mouse.

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

She looked aside at the sea, and up at the banks, and down at the little dubbs of salt water as she skipped across them, crying out at sight of the sea-holly, the anemone, and the sea-mouse shining like fire, but still holding to Philip's arm and bounding and throbbing on it.

The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

Being a quiet and persevering little boy he did not cry or complain, but having meekly followed his treasures to their long home -- the pig was six feet from nose to tail, and ate the dead sea-mouse as easily and happily as your father eats an oyster -- he started out to make a new collection.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

The little sea-mouse stole athwart a pool; the grey sea-crabs passed like a little army; the tiny sea creatures that dwelt in rosy shells thrust their delicate heads from their houses to peep and wonder at the sun.

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

The walls were utterly bare of adornment; for the few strange things, such as a large dried bat with wings dispread, the skin of a porcupine, and a stuffed sea-mouse, could hardly be reckoned as such.

Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women George MacDonald 1864

a sign of inedibility are, the brilliantly coloured nudibranchiate molluscs, those curious annelids the Nereis and the Aphrodite or sea-mouse, and many other marine animals.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868