"seamonster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seamonsters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} seamonster (plural seamonsters)
  1. Alternative form of sea monster. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sea monster
    Sense id: en-seamonster-en-noun-s-u1Lf4O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1964, Charles McKew Parr, Jan van Linschoten: The Dutch Marco Polo, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →LCCN, page 137",
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          "ref": "1986, Paul Theroux, O-Zone, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1987, page 127",
          "text": "The Skell was dripping on the cold stones of the terrace, bedraggled like a seamonster – Fisher had the impression of air escaping from the Skell’s body.",
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          "ref": "1997, James Cameron, Titanic: James Cameron’s Illustrated Screenplay, New York, N.Y.: HarperPerennial, published 1998, page 139",
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