coquina                 a soft rock formed of shells and coral, used
                        in building.
lory                    one of several small parrots feeding on nectar.
tombolo                 a sandbar connecting an island to another, or
                        to the mainland.
o-o                     an extinct Hawaiian bird.
Dutch wife              an open framework used in bed in tropical
                        countries to rest one's limbs on.
nyctitropic             (bot.) assuming a different position at
                        nightfall, as certain plants' leaves.
arenicolous             living in sand.
lagan                   (law) an item sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached.
benthos                 the fauna of the ocean depths.
sapropel                mud, composed mostly of decayed organic
                        matter, at the bottom of a stagnant water.