sea animal
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- noun
- /siː ˈænɪməl/
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animal marino
- Plastic gradually erodes into tiny particles, which are ingested with plankton by sea animals, slowly killing them and introducing toxins and harmful chemicals into the food chain.
- deep-sea animals
- tiny sea animals
- kind of sea animal
No fish, no vegetation, no sea animals.
- No fish, no vegetation, no sea animals.
- What's your favorite, like sea animal?
Examples
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Marine biologists are studying how pollution affects the health of sea animals like dolphins and sea turtles.
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For more information on how you can help protect sea animals from balloons and other problems, write to the Center for Marine Conservation, 1725 DeSales Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Fiction book (1999) -
As far as I can possibly see that way, there are just stalls of people with all kinds of live sea animals swimming around.
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These gelatinous sea animals can do more than just freely swim around, I tell you.
Blog text (1) -
Aggregations of reproducing deep-sea animals were once believed to be rare.
Academic text (2004) -
Corals and a few simple sea animals had just begun to emerge, paradise for the biologists.
Fiction book (1991) -
They saw massive sea animals that Tiger Ty p55 called whales and claimed were the largest creatures in the ocean.
Fiction book (1992) -
Vancouver International Airport's five-year-old aquarium is home to over 5,000 sea animals and is paired with a dedicated jellyfish exhibit.
Blog text (4) -
There are many fascinating sea animals, including colorful fish and playful seals, found in the ocean.
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My favorite part of the aquarium is the exhibit featuring sea animals like starfish and octopuses.
Synonyms
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1.1
An animal that lives in the sea like a fish or dolphin
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2.2
An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale
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2.6
An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or octopus
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an animal that lives in the sea' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'sea' (large body of saltwater) with 'animal' (organism). This modifier+head noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and fully predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Sea animal is a compound word that gives a simple picture: sea + animal means an animal that lives in the sea. So it means 'an animal that lives in the sea', like fish, turtles, or seals.