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sea-serpent

sea-serpent is the alternative form of sea serpent.

Meaning of sea serpent

Noun

sea serpent (plural sea serpents)

  1. A type of sea monster resembling a snake or dragon.
    • Here let me say - and I wish it to be distinctly understood - that I do not deny the possibility of the existence of a great sea serpent, or other great creatures at present unknown to science[.]1883, Henry Lee, Sea Monsters Unmasked, London: Richard Clowes and Sons, page 75
    Synonyms:
    sea adder

Forms of sea-serpent

pluralsea-serpents

Questions about sea-serpent

What is sea-serpent the alternative form of?
Sea-serpent is the alternative form of sea serpent.

Words near sea-serpent in the dictionary

  1. sea-ruffs
  2. sea-salted
  3. sea-salty
  4. sea-scorpion
  5. sea-scorpions
  6. sea-serpent
  7. sea-serpents
  8. sea-shilling
  9. sea-shillings
  10. sea-sick
  11. sea-sickening

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