A venomous marine snake with a flattened tail, which lives in the warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and does not come on to land.
海蛇
Subfamily Hydrophiinae, family Elapidae: several genera and species, including the yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus), the only species found in the open ocean
Example sentencesExamples
The waves at one particular place are creations of the sea snake.
A seafood that is peculiar to Okinawa is the sea snake caught in the neighbouring subtropical waters.
The male sea snake has a double set of reproductive organs, covered in spines.
A sea snake can live its whole life without ever touching land.
It's amazing how fast you can fin when a yellow-belly sea snake is chasing your tail!
Definition of sea snake in US English:
sea snake
noun
A venomous marine snake with a flattened tail, which lives in the warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and does not come on to land.
海蛇
Subfamily Hydrophiinae, family Elapidae: several genera and species, including the yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus), the only species found in the open ocean
Example sentencesExamples
The male sea snake has a double set of reproductive organs, covered in spines.
A sea snake can live its whole life without ever touching land.
A seafood that is peculiar to Okinawa is the sea snake caught in the neighbouring subtropical waters.
It's amazing how fast you can fin when a yellow-belly sea snake is chasing your tail!
The waves at one particular place are creations of the sea snake.