sea snake

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sea snake has 1 sense

sea snake(n = noun.animal) - 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;

is a member of family hydrophidae, hydrophidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sea snake,

Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidæ, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad. [1913 Webster]