"sea serpent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea serpents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sea serpent (plural sea serpents)
  1. Any unidentified sea monster, especially one resembling a snake or dragon. Wikipedia link: sea serpent Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Translations (sea monster): 大海蛇 (dàhǎishé) (Chinese Mandarin), serpent de mer [masculine] (French), serpe mariña [feminine] (Galician), Seeschlange [feminine] (German), נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ (naẖásh baríaẖ) [masculine] (Hebrew), tengeri kígyó (Hungarian), nathair mhara [feminine] (Irish), ollphéist mhara [feminine] (Irish), péist mhara [feminine] (Irish), péist chon [feminine] (Irish), serpente marino [masculine] (Italian), pistrice [feminine] (Italian), समुद्री नाग (samudrī nāg) [masculine] (Marathi), sjøorm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøorm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), serpente marinha [feminine] (Portuguese), морско́й змей (morskój zmej) [masculine] (Russian), serpiente marina [feminine] (Spanish), sjöorm [common-gender] (Swedish), havsmonster [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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