Chapter 17: The Ocean Gossips

Vocabulary

Barrel: A cylindrical container bulging in the middle, often made of wooden slats with metal hoops around them.
Sloop: A one-masted sailboat.
Porpoise: A small toothed whale.
Decapod: A crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as a shrimp, crab, or lobster.
Shellfish: An aquatic shelled mollusk (e.g., an oyster or cockle) or a crustacean (e.g., a crab or shrimp).
Gossip: Conversation about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.