sea puss

sea puss
/poos/, Oceanog.
a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, esp. through a channel in a bar.
[1645-55, Amer. in sense "brook;" alter., by folk etym., of earlier seapoose < Unquachog (E sp.) seépus river < Proto-Algonquian *si·po·wi ( > Fox si·po·wi) + dim. suffix]

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