mersnake

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/ˈmɜː(ɹ)sneɪk/

noun

A sea snake.

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Meanings

nounmersnake (plural mersnakes)

plural mersnakes

  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.

    1989, Arthur Byron Cover, Stationfall
    1 more example

    The first drowned in a cthulhoid's multitentacular clasp, the second was poisoned by multiple mersnake bites, and the third bled to death after his flesh was seared and scarified by a shoal of lumpreys.

    2005, Brian M. Stableford, Donna Scott, Gabriel Strange, Curse of the Coral Bride
  2. fantasyA mermaid snake.

Origin

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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APA

mersnake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mersnake

MLA

“mersnake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mersnake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mersnake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mersnake.

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