sea serpent
an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
Sea Serpent, Astronomy. the constellation Hydra.
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How to use sea serpent in a sentence
Those were porpoises playing this morning—when Cordelia thought she saw the sea serpent, you know.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterThis peculiar trait of man allows him to relish a good fish story, or the latest news from the sea-serpent.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterI believe something has killed the sea-serpent at the bottom of the sea and this is its ghost!
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-Wheeler"Catch your sea-serpent," was the reply, as the older man pointed to the green and scarlet gleam in the water.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-WheelerIt certainly looked as much like a sea-serpent as any thing yet.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for sea serpent
a huge legendary creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon
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