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mersnake

/ˈmɜː(ɹ)sneɪk/

mersnake noun: a sea snake.

Noun

mersnake (plural mersnakes)

  1. A sea snake.
    • I asked casually while we walked past a few buildings with split columns painted with a pit of mersnakes eating raw flesh.1989, Arthur Byron Cover, Stationfall
    • The first drowned in a cthulhoid's multitentacular clasp, the second was poisoned by multiple mersnake bites, and the third bled to death after his flesh was seared and scarified by a shoal of lumpreys.2005, Brian M. Stableford, Donna Scott, Gabriel Strange, Curse of the Coral Bride
  2. A mermaid snake.

Forms of mersnake

pluralmersnakes

Origin of mersnake

From mer- + snake. Compare Middle English mereneddre (“sea-snake, lamprey”), from Old English merenǣddra, merenǣddre, merenǣdre (“lamprey, sea snake”, literally “sea-adder”).

Questions about mersnake

What does mersnake mean?
Mersnake means a sea snake.
What part of speech is mersnake?
Mersnake is a noun.
How do you pronounce mersnake?
Mersnake is pronounced /ˈmɜː(ɹ)sneɪk/.
What is the plural of mersnake?
The plural of mersnake is mersnakes.

Words near mersnake in the dictionary

  1. mersions
  2. mersister
  3. mersisters
  4. mersk
  5. mersks
  6. mersnake
  7. mersnakes
  8. Merson
  9. Mersons
  10. Merstham
  11. Merstone

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