sea mouse

Etymology
Perhaps because it resembles a bedraggled mouse when washed up on shore.

Noun

 * 1) A marine polychaete worm (genus ) with the body covered in a dense mat of setae.
 * 2) The dunlin.

Translations

 * Catalan: ratolí de mar
 * Esperanto: afrodito
 * Finnish: merihiiri
 * Maori: kutukutu
 * Turkish: deniz faresi