Definition of mythical creature Mythical creature
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| mythical creature - a monster renowned in folklore and myth | ||
| mythical monster | ||
| monster (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | ||
| mythical being an imaginary being of myth or fable | ||
| legendary creature a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual | ||
| amphisbaena type genus of the Amphisbaenidae | ||
| basilisk small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America | ||
| centaur (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse | ||
| cerberus, hellhound (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon | ||
| chimera, chimaera a grotesque product of the imagination | ||
| cockatrice monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | ||
| firedrake, dragon any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | ||
| geryon (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules | ||
| gorgon (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone | ||
| griffin, gryphon, griffon winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | ||
| harpy large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America | ||
| hydra small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp | ||
| leviathan monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament | ||
| mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | ||
| minotaur (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus | ||
| nemean lion (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors | ||
| roc mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength | ||
| salamander any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed | ||
| sphinx one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians | ||
| troll angling by drawing a baited line through the water | ||
| typhoeus | ||
| typhon (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx | ||
| loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | ||
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