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sea serpents

sea serpents is the plural 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

Questions about sea serpents

What is sea serpents the plural of?
Sea serpents is the plural of sea serpent.

Words near sea serpents in the dictionary

  1. Sea Scouting
  2. Sea Scouts
  3. sea scurf
  4. sea scurfs
  5. sea serpent
  6. sea serpents
  7. sea shanties
  8. sea shanty
  9. sea shell
  10. sea sheller
  11. sea shelling

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