sea snake

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [see sneyk]
- /si sneɪk/
- /siː sneɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see sneyk]
- /si sneɪk/

Definitions of sea snake words

noun sea snake any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail. 1
noun sea snake any venomous snake of the family Hydrophiidae, of tropical seas, that swims by means of a laterally compressed oarlike tail 0
noun sea snake any of a large subfamily (Hydrophiinae) of poisonous elapine snakes with a flattened, oarlike tail, living in tropical seas 0

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Origin of sea snake

First appearance:

before 1745

One of the 47% newest English words

First recorded in 1745-55

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Parts of speech for Sea snake

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sea snake popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sea snake usage trend in Literature

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