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mythical monster

n. a monster renowned in folklore and myth [syn: mythical creature]

Usage examples of "mythical monster".

Terrel wanted to ask more about the Lonely Peaks, but he was aware that he'd already shown rather more interest in the mythical monster than he could justify, so he just smiled and let Vatna go on with his retelling of the legends of Savik's Whale.

Fortunately, Clitoria and Ottar had a way with their broadswords and cut a nasty swath through the fiercely fanged teddy bears and the clawed giant plush animals - but it was only a matter of time before they stumbled across a mythical monster that was their match and more.

And why would a Tandaloor Gowachin assume the name, no, the title of the mythical monster who'd imbued the frog people with a drive toward savage testing?

From the mound's broad top thrust black, jagged teeth that are set in a circular pattern which resembles the mammoth jaw of a mythical monster.

At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase.

The madman was bidding him hear the splashing of a mythical monster in a tank beyond the door -- and now, God help him, he did hear it!

Perhaps I searching for a mythical monster in a zoo full of harmless ordinary animals.

He was like some mythical monster that can't be killed, blinking slowly, like a lizard.