sea snake

English

A yellow-bellied sea snake. Like a whale, this snake spends its whole life in the ocean, never coming to land.

Alternative forms

• seasnake, sea-snake

Noun

sea snake (plural sea snakes)

1. Any of several snakes, of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, that live in the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
2. Any snake that lives in the sea.
3. A sea serpent.

Derived terms

• yellow-bellied sea snake

Translations

a sea living snake of the Pacific

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海蛇 (zh) (hǎishé)

• Finnish: merikäärme (fi)
• French: serpent marin (fr) m
• German: Seeschlange f
• Japanese: 海蛇 (ja) (umihebi)
• Korean: 바다뱀 (badabaem), 바다뱀아과 (badabaemagwa)
• Malay: ular laut
• Malayalam: കടൽപ്പാമ്പ് (kaṭalppāmpŭ)
• Maori: moko ngata
• Russian: морска́я змея́ (ru) f (morskája zmejá)
• Spanish: serpiente de mar f, serpiente marina f
• Turkish: deniz yılanı (tr) n
• Vietnamese: rắn biển, đẻn