An imaginary animal of Brobdingnag; a strange animal or person.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional animal (8) splacknuck1726 An imaginary animal of Brobdingnag; a strange animal or person. tove1855 A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 1855). boojum1876 An object of pursuit which proves to be illusory or impossible to attain, or which brings negative consequences when attained. Also more generally… snark1879 An imaginary animal. Also in combinations. pushmi-pullyu1922 An imaginary creature resembling a llama or antelope, but with a head at either end of the body, pointing away from the torso, so that the… warg1937 In the tales of J. R. R. Tolkien: a wolf of a particularly evil kind. shmoo1948 A fabulous animal invented by the U.S. cartoonist Al Capp in 1948. It is small and round, and ready to fulfil immediately any of man's material… Womble1968 A fictional animal inhabiting Wimbledon Common (see quot. 1974). Also: a toy representing such a creature. |
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