mersnake
nounEtymology 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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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:
- 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:
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Fantasy A mermaid snake.