sea serpent
noun
: a large marine animal resembling a serpent often reported to have been seen but never proved to exist
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Until the early 20th century, stories of shark attacks were considered mariners’ tall tales, lumped in with mermaid and sea serpent sightings.
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Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Start with her novel The Essex Serpent, which brings a contemporary psychoanalytical lens to a lurid Victorian fantasia of a plot about a massive sea serpent terrorizing a small town.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Researchers will undoubtedly keep delving deep to investigate how so many real-life sea serpents thrived on our world.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
It’s presumed to be the real animal behind some sea serpent sightings.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Start with her novel The Essex Serpent, which brings a contemporary psychoanalytical lens to a lurid Victorian fantasia of a plot about a massive sea serpent terrorizing a small town.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Researchers will undoubtedly keep delving deep to investigate how so many real-life sea serpents thrived on our world.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
It’s presumed to be the real animal behind some sea serpent sightings.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sea serpent
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“Sea serpent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20serpent. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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