seadog

See also seadóg

English

Etymology

From sea +‎ dog.

Noun

seadog (plural seadogs)

1. A sailor accustomed to the sea.

   The old seadog knew the storm was coming long before the rest of the crew were aware of it.

2. (archaic) A seal (marine mammal), or a similar design in heraldry.
3. dogfish
4. (uncommon) An omen of bad luck.
5. (uncommon) A white-topped wave in an estuary.

Synonyms

• (a seasoned sailor): old salt, salty dog

Translations

sailor accustomed to the sea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (old sailor) 老水手 (cmn) (lǎo shuǐshǒu)

• Czech: (lit.: sea wolf) mořský vlk (cs) m
• Finnish: merikarhu (fi)
• French: loup de mer (fr) m
• German: (lit.: sea bear) Seebär (de) m
• Greek: θαλασσόλυκος (el) (thalassólykos) m
• Hungarian: (lit.: old sea bear) vén tengeri medve (hu), (lit.: sea bear) tengeri medve (hu)
• Italian: lupo di mare (it) m
• Japanese: 老練な船乗り (ja) (ろうれんなふなのり, rōren na funanori)

• Lithuanian: (lit.: old sea wolf) senas jūrų vilkas (lt) m
• Norwegian: (lit.: sea bear) sjøbjørn (no) c
• Polish: (lit.: sea wolf) wilk morski (pl) m
• Portuguese: (lit.: sea wolf) lobo do mar (pt) m
• Russian: (lit.: sea wolf) морской волк (ru) (morskój volk) m, бывалый моряк (ru) (byvályj morják) m
• Spanish: (lit.: sea wolf) lobo de mar (es) m
• Swedish: (lit.: sea bear) sjöbjörn (sv) c
• Turkish: (lit.: sea wolf) deniz kurdu (tr)

heraldry: seal or similar design

• Finnish: hylje (fi)

dogfish — see dogfish

Anagrams

• dagoes
• dosage