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sea raven

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) An American cottoid fish ({Hemitripterus Americanus})
          allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren
          Atlantic coasts.
      (b) The cormorant.

Raven \Ra"ven\, n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG.
   hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr.
   ?. ???.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A large black passerine bird ({Corvus corax}), similar to the
   crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of
   Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

   {Sea raven} (Zo["o]l.), the cormorant.

Source : WordNet®

sea raven
     n : large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when
         caught [syn: {Hemitripterus americanus}]
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