SEA SNAKE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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