sea snake

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sea snake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea snake \Sea" snake`\ (Zool.)
     Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the
     family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living
     entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the
     Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are
     mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten
     feet long and four inches broad.
     [1913 Webster]

sea snake - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea snake
      n 1: 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