sea drake
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sea dragon.
Example Sentences
- "When, after the death of the son, Beowulf and his companions pursued the mother into her retreat, they found the water full of sea-drakes and serpents (wyrm-cynnes fela), and nicers lying on the banks."
- "Sea drakes are also known to travel up the Rhone river to spawn in Lake Geneva, creating a hazard for shipping."
- "The sea drake uncoiled from the palace as they approached ."
- "The monster, a subspecies of dragon, was a sea drake."
- "The gardener found birds frozen to their branches, yet at the base of the same tree, a flock of sea-drakes and hens were perfectly unharmed!"
- "Another of our regular visiters from the North is the EIDER DUCK , which furnishes the fine down that is so valuable an article of commerce. On our coast this bird is commonly known by the name of the SEA DRAKE."