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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sea serpent \Sea" ser`pent\ 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine snake. See {Sea snake}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured. Note: Many accounts of sea serpents are imaginary or fictitious; others are greatly exaggerated and distorted by incompetent observers; but a number have been given by competent and trustworthy persons, which indicate that several diverse animals have been called sea serpents. Among these are apparently, several large snakelike fishes, as the oar fish, or ribbon fish ({Regalecus}), and huge conger eels. Other accounts probably refer to the giant squids ({Architeuthis}). Some of the best accounts seem to describe a marine saurian, like the fossil Mosasauri which were large serpentlike creatures with paddles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Architeuthis \Ar`chi*teu"this\, n. [NL., fr Gr pref. ? + ?, ?, a kind of squid.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: architeuthis n : largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) [syn: {giant squid}]
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