ˈsea-egg
1. An echinus or sea-urchin.
| 1666 J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 126 There is found..a production of the Sea, called Sea-egges, or Sea-Apples... These Egges should rather be called Sea-Urchins or Sea-Chestnuts. 1758 Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornw. 278 The round and flat sea-egg. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 84 Sea-eggs (black echini, with long needle-like spines). |
2. A kind of medic, Medicago Echinus.
| 1884 W. Miller Plant-n., Sea-egg, Medicago Echinus. |