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sea snake

noun

  1. any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail.


sea snake

noun

  1. any venomous snake of the family Hydrophiidae, of tropical seas, that swims by means of a laterally compressed oarlike tail
“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 snake1

First recorded in 1745–55
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Example Sentences

Some of the Pacific islands, like Tuvalu, Nauru, and Kiribati, don’t have land snakes but do have local sea snakes.

In the meantime this sea-snake passed by us, and we were obliged to tack the vessel about, in order to get nearer to it.

Mr. J. Ramus records a large sea-snake which was seen in 1687 by many people in Dramsfiorden.

I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom (but one must sleep or die, like Southeys sea-snake in Kehama) at twelve.

There wasn't no threshin' around and flurryin', but the vicious brute acted just like some kind of a sea-snake.

In the meantime the sea-snake passed by us, and we were obliged to tack the vessel about in order to get nearer to it.

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