Sea-pen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sea-pen \Sea"-pen"\, n. (Zool.)
     A pennatula.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pen \Pen\ (p[e^]n), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne,
     fr. L. penna.]
     1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of
        a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now
        also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also,
        originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or
        graving.
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              Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job
                                                    xix. 24.
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     4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
        "Those learned pens." --Fuller.
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     5. (Zool.) The internal shell of a squid.
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     6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A female swan; -- contrasted
        with {cob}, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.]
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     {Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}.
  
     {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
  
     {Drawing pen}, or {Ruling pen}, a pen for ruling lines having
        a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
  
     {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and
        {Geometric}.
  
     {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five
        lines of the staff.
  
     {Pen and ink}, or {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen
        and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
  
     {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.]
  
     {Pen name}. See under {Name}.
  
     {Sea pen} (Zool.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.]
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