Mersnake

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sea snake.

    "I asked casually while we walked past a few buildings with split columns painted with a pit of mersnakes eating raw flesh."

  2. 2
    A mermaid snake.

Example

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"I asked casually while we walked past a few buildings with split columns painted with a pit of mersnakes eating raw flesh."

Etymology

From mer- + snake. Compare Middle English mereneddre (“sea-snake, lamprey”), from Old English merenǣddra, merenǣddre, merenǣdre (“lamprey, sea snake”, literally “sea-adder”).

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