sea sawdust
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English
Etymology
Coined by sailors on Captain James Cook's 1768-71 voyage (his first voyage) to the south seas and Australia.
Noun
- Marine blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, actually brown coloured) of the genus Trichodesmium.
- 1770, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks at Project Gutenberg Australia
- 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.
- 1770, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks at Project Gutenberg Australia