SEA ANIMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea animal mean? 

• SEA ANIMAL (noun)
  The noun SEA ANIMAL has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals

  Familiarity information: SEA ANIMAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA ANIMAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

marine animal; marine creature; sea animal; sea creature

Hypernyms ("sea animal" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea animal"):

by-catch; bycatch (unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species)