sea sawdust

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Marine blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, actually brown coloured) of the family Trichodesmium

1770: The seamen who are now convinc'd that it was not as they had thought the spawn of fish began to call it Sea sawdust, a name certainly not ill adapted to its appearance. — The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks.

sea sawdust

    Расстановка переносов

    sea saw·dust

    Турецкое произношение

    si sôdʌst

    Произношение

    /ˈsē ˈsôˌdəst/ /ˈsiː ˈsɔːˌdʌst/

    Этимология

    () Coined by sailors on Captain James Cook's 1768-71 voyage (his first voyage) to the south seas and Australia.
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