sea-addern.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic
water addereOE
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water snake1527
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sea-serpent1672
water viper1737
sea-snake1827
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxiii. 132 About these Islands [in the Persian Gulf] they might see sea-adders and serpents so monstrous great, that [etc.].
2. The Pipe-fish.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Syngnathidae (pipe-fish) > member of (pipe-fish)
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sea-adder1686
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1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 160 Acui Aristotelis congener pisciculus, pueris Cornubiensibus Sea-Adder..dictus.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 202 Syngnathus... The people of Yorkshire call it the Sea-worm; but it is more generally known in England by its Cornish name of the Sea-adder.
1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 391 The Sea-adder family (Syngnathidæ).
3. The sea-stickleback, Spinachia vulgaris.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > spinachia vulgaris (sea-stickleback)
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1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 87 The Fifteen-spined Stickle~back. Great sea adder, Cornwall.
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