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sea monster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.
   • When there he was drawn down as before to the palace, but the fairy now was changed, and saying, "You have betrayed me - you shall die," she caused him to be devoured by the sea-monsters. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 470:
   • “However it occurred, my sword had killed nine sea-monsters.” 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 20:
2. Any huge marine animal.

Forms

Hyponyms

mermaid · Charybdis · leviathan · Scylla · lusca · merhorse · sea serpent · Kraken · wasserman

Synonyms

mermonster

Translations (54)

bn কল্পিত জলচর জীব (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ru чу́до-ю́до (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nb sjøuhyre (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nb havmonster (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sv havsvidunder (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nn sjøuhyre (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · de Seeungeheuer (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · tl halimaw ng dagat (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · io monstro marala (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · mi marakihau (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · cmn 海怪 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · el κήτος (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nl zeegedrocht (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · vi quái vật biển (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · mi rātāmoko (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sh морско чу̏довӣште (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · la cētos (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ja 海坊主 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · la cētus (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · cmn 鯤 /鲲 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · af seemonster (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · id monster laut (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · mi parata (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · it mostro marino (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sv sjöodjur (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nl zeemonster (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · is sæskrímsli (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ko 바다 괴물 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · la mōnstrum marīnum (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · cmn 水鬼 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · fi merihirviö (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · la pistris (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ca monstre marí (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · fi turso (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ga ollphéist mhara (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · grc κῆτος (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · yi ים־מאָנסטער (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ja 海の怪物 (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · eo marmonstro (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · eo mara monstro (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sv havsmonster (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · de Meerungeheuer (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · mr समुद्री राक्षस (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · syc ܩܐܛܐ (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · cy morfil (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · et merekoletis (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sh morsko čȕdovīšte (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · pt monstro marinho (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · es monstruo marino (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · fr monstre marin (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · sga bled (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · ru морско́е чудо́вище (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · nl kraak (large, aggressive creature in the sea) · xcl ընգղայ (large, aggressive creature in the sea)