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sea snake
noun
- any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail.
sea snake
noun
- any venomous snake of the family Hydrophiidae, of tropical seas, that swims by means of a laterally compressed oarlike tail
Word History and Origins
Origin of sea snake1
Example Sentences
There are more than 400 species comprising a very diverse group of snakes such as mambas, cobras, kraits, taipans, tiger snakes, death adders, sea snakes and coral snakes.
"The python would have found the water to be extremely cold, and the only snakes that should be in the ocean are sea snakes."
But in the statement he said sea snakes had "writhed in agony" and marine life had suffered after some 25,000 litres of condensate leaked from an underwater hose.
You can see some of the surprising new finds on the citizen science project Redmap, such as sightings of the tropical yellow bellied sea snake in Tasmanian waters.
In conversational style, he jokes with the reader, frequently making colloquial asides and drawing pictures—using twin sea snakes, for instance, to portray frequency in electromagnetic radiation.
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