sea monster
noun
plural sea monsters
: a mythical creature of usually immense size that lives underwater and is traditionally regarded as a threat to ships and mariners
All readers of Yeats will need this book; when they open it they will feel a surprise like that experienced by St. Brendan the Navigator and his crew when they disembarked upon an island that turned out to be the back of a dormant sea monster.—
Seamus Heaney
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Evidence of 30-foot ancient sea monster found in Mississippi
The fossils were determined to belong to a new tyrannosaurid species after reexamination by the researchers, according to paper published Wednesday in Nature.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2025
When a legendary sea monster breaks free from its icy prison and threatens to destroy the oceans, Vincent will confront his deepest fears and journey to the oceans’ depths with a group of unlikely companions, seeking to summon his mystical song and save the seas from destruction.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 June 2025
Like a sea monster that emerges every so often to stir up the populace, so too does the never-ending battle in Florida between the insurance industry and plaintiffs attorneys.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
In another scene, gender dysphoria is depicted through Josephine wearing a campy, plastic sea monster mask, like something straight out of a ’50s B-movie.
—James Factora, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2025
When a legendary sea monster breaks free from its icy prison and threatens to destroy the oceans, Vincent will confront his deepest fears and journey to the oceans’ depths with a group of unlikely companions, seeking to summon his mystical song and save the seas from destruction.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 June 2025
Like a sea monster that emerges every so often to stir up the populace, so too does the never-ending battle in Florida between the insurance industry and plaintiffs attorneys.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
In another scene, gender dysphoria is depicted through Josephine wearing a campy, plastic sea monster mask, like something straight out of a ’50s B-movie.
—James Factora, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
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“Sea monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20monster. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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