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SEA SNAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea snake" is a kind of...):
ophidian; serpent; snake (limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous)
Holonyms ("sea snake" is a member of...):
family Hydrophidae; Hydrophidae (sea snakes)