English Explanatory Dictionary

sea dragon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Various sea animals that are likened to dragons:
  2. Certain fish:
  3. leafy sea dragon (Phycodurus eques)
  4. weedy sea dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
  5. ruby sea dragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea)
  6. A blue sea dragon, a sea slug of species Glaucus atlanticus.
  7. An ichthyosaur (dinosaur-age delphine marine reptile)
  8. A type of dragon that inhabits oceans.

Word forms

sea dragon sea dragons seadragon

Etymology

From sea + dragon; in the mythic sense, some instances represent a learned calque of Old English sǣdraca, compound of sǣ (“sea”) + draca (“dragon”).

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