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sea drakes

sea drakes is the plural of sea drake.

Meaning of sea drake

Noun

sea drake (plural sea drakes)

  1. A sea dragon.
    • When, after the death of the son, Beowulf and his companions pursued the mother into her retreat, they found the water full of sea-drakes and serpents (wyrm-cynnes fela), and nicers lying on the banks.1834 July, “The National Fairy Mythology of England”, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 10, page 53
  2. (UK) The pewit gull, or sea cormorant (Corvus marinus)
    • The gardener found birds frozen to their branches, yet at the base of the same tree, a flock of sea-drakes and hens were perfectly unharmed!2024, David Marcum, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XLIV
  3. (US) A male eider.
    • Another of our regular visiters from the North is the EIDER DUCK , which furnishes the fine down that is so valuable an article of commerce. On our coast this bird is commonly known by the name of the SEA DRAKE.1832, The New-England Magazine - Volume 2, page 103

Questions about sea drakes

What is sea drakes the plural of?
Sea drakes is the plural of sea drake.

Words near sea drakes in the dictionary

  1. sea dove
  2. sea doves
  3. sea dragon
  4. sea dragons
  5. sea drake
  6. sea drakes
  7. sea duck
  8. sea ducks
  9. sea duty
  10. Sea Dyak
  11. sea eagle

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