sea snake

noun

any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail.

sea snake

any venomous snake of the family Hydrophiidae, of tropical seas, that swims by means of a laterally compressed oarlike tail

First recorded in 1745–55

Some of the Pacific islands, like Tuvalu, Nauru, and Kiribati, don’t have land snakes but do have local sea snakes.

In the meantime this sea-snake passed by us, and we were obliged to tack the vessel about, in order to get nearer to it.

Mr. J. Ramus records a large sea-snake which was seen in 1687 by many people in Dramsfiorden.

I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom (but one must sleep or die, like Southeys sea-snake in Kehama) at twelve.

There wasn't no threshin' around and flurryin', but the vicious brute acted just like some kind of a sea-snake.

In the meantime the sea-snake passed by us, and we were obliged to tack the vessel about in order to get nearer to it.

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