sea serpent
Americannoun
-
an enormous, imaginary, snakelike or dragonlike marine animal.
-
Astronomy. Sea Serpent, the constellation Hydra.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sea serpent
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
Near the coast of Norway, Magnus depicts a bright-red sea serpent attacking a ship that tilts as though it’s being taken under.
From National Geographic • Dec. 28, 2023
While exploring an Arctic mountaintop in 2008, paleontologists unearthed a small skeleton that resembled a coiled sea serpent imprinted into a slab of 240 million-year-old rock.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Winds of Fortune, from developer Sonar Studios, looks a little bit like Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves, featuring ship battles, mysterious islands, and even a giant sea serpent creature.
From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022
“I remember how we celebrated your birthday. We gave you a picture book—you know, the one about the sea serpent with a toothache winding itself around the lighthouse....”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
