Phrase guide

sea snake

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several snakes, of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, that live in the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any snake that lives in the sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snake, reptile, animal, creature

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sea serpent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snake, serpent, ophidian

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 海蛇 (hǎishé) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Dutch: zeeslang — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Finnish: merikäärme — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • French: serpent marin — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • German: Seeschlange — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Japanese: 海蛇 (umihebi) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Korean: 바다뱀 (badabaem) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Korean: 바다뱀아과 (badabaemagwa) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Malay: ular laut — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Malayalam: കടൽപ്പാമ്പ് (kaṭalppāmpŭ) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Māori: moko ngata — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Russian: морска́я змея́ (morskája zmejá) — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Spanish: serpiente de mar — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Spanish: serpiente marina — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Turkish: deniz yılanı — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Vietnamese: rắn biển — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Vietnamese: đẻn — a sea living snake of the Pacific
  • Yami: izabo — a sea living snake of the Pacific