sea serpent

NOUN

monster in body of water

Synonyms

WEAK

Loch Ness monster giant squid hydra kraken leviathan oarfish

Example Sentences

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“It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

Near the coast of Norway, Magnus depicts a bright-red sea serpent attacking a ship that tilts as though it’s being taken under.

From National Geographic • Dec. 28, 2023

While exploring an Arctic mountaintop in 2008, paleontologists unearthed a small skeleton that resembled a coiled sea serpent imprinted into a slab of 240 million-year-old rock.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Winds of Fortune, from developer Sonar Studios, looks a little bit like Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves, featuring ship battles, mysterious islands, and even a giant sea serpent creature.

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022

Sparklers blazed to life in front of the sea serpent tank.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan