תַּנִּין, (b. h.) sea-monster, crocodile; large snake. Sabb. 150ᵃ רכב … וקשר ת׳ ראשו he (Nebuchadnezzar) rode on a male lion, and tied a snake around his head. Nidd. 22ᵇ דמות ת׳ an abortion in the shape of a monster; a. e.—Pl. תּנִּינִים, תַּנִּינִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXLVIII ומי … אלו הת׳ who are the largest (inhabitants of the earth)? The monsters; a. e.