"sea pork" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sea pork (uncountable)
  1. (US, colloquial) Certain colonial tunicates, such as of genus Aplidium (syn. Amaroucium), which resemble salt pork when found washed up on the beach. Tags: US, colloquial, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Chordates Derived forms: Atlantic sea pork (taxonomic: Aplidium stellatum), northern sea pork (taxonomic: Aplidium constellatum), Pacific sea pork (taxonomic: Aplidium californicum) Related terms: sea liver
    Sense id: en-sea_pork-en-noun-oZattJCY Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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