Sea peach

Sea peach
Sea peach Sea" peach` (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful American ascidian ({Cynthia pyriformis} syn. {Halocynthia pyriformis}) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach. [1913 Webster]

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