seadog

See also: seadóg, sea-dog, and sea dog

English

From sea +‎ dog.

seadog (plural seadogs)

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.
- 1983, Shen, James C. H., “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, LCCN 82-13884, OCLC 8708915, page 30:
  The two admiral-ambassadors were themselves two worlds apart. Kirk, now deceased, remained very much a seadog in both speech and mannerism. He was curt and seldom smiled, while Wright, a bit hard of hearing, was always courteous.
A pirate.
(archaic) A seal. (marine mammal)
(heraldry) A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
A dogfish.
(uncommon) An omen of bad luck.
(uncommon) A white-topped wave in an estuary.
(uncommon) A fogbow, as seen my mariners.

sailor accustomed to the sea

Bulgarian: морски вълк (morski vǎlk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (old sailor) 老水手 (lǎo shuǐshǒu)
Czech: (lit.: sea wolf) mořský vlk (cs) m
Dutch: zeebonk (nl) m, zeerob (nl) m, zeerot (nl) m
Finnish: merikarhu (fi)
French: loup de mer (fr) m
German: (lit.: sea bear) Seebär (de) m
Greek: θαλασσόλυκος (el) m (thalassólykos)
Hebrew: זְאֵב יָם‎ (he) m (ze'ev yam)
Hungarian: (lit.: old sea bear) vén tengeri medve, (lit.: sea bear) tengeri medve (hu)
Italian: lupo di mare m
Japanese: 老練な船乗り (ろうれんなふなのり, rōren na funanori)
Kazakh: теңіз тарланы (teñız tarlany)
Lithuanian: (lit.: old sea wolf) senas jūrų vilkas m
Norwegian: (lit.: sea bear) sjøbjørn c
Polish: (lit.: sea wolf) wilk morski (pl) m
Portuguese: (lit.: sea wolf) lobo do mar m
Russian: (lit.: sea wolf) морско́й волк (ru) m (morskój volk), быва́лый моря́к m (byvályj morják)
Spanish: (lit.: sea wolf) lobo de mar m
Swedish: (lit.: sea bear) sjöbjörn (sv) c
Turkish: (lit.: sea wolf) deniz kurdu (tr)

heraldry: seal or similar design

dogfish — see dogfish