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View synonyms for sea serpent

sea serpent

noun

  1. an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
  2. Sea Serpent, Astronomy. the constellation Hydra.


sea serpent

noun

  1. a huge legendary creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea serpent1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

“It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.”

Near the coast of Norway, Magnus depicts a bright-red sea serpent attacking a ship that tilts as though it’s being taken under.

In Norse mythology, a monstrous sea serpent wrapped itself around the world’s waters.

In 1842, a vast, nearly intact skeleton was unearthed on a plantation in Alabama; it was soon identified as a member of Basilosaurus, a recently named genus of prehistoric sea serpent.

The salad fork, at least, a rigid sea serpent with four braided tongues for tines, did come from Dalí’s own drawing.

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