grootslang

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A South African cryptid with the head of an elephant and the body of a snake, which reputedly eats elephants and hoards diamonds; one particular one (the Grootslang) is reputed to live in a cave in South Africa connected to the sea.
    — Two more grootslangs appeared on either side of their leader, both larger and more frightening than the one he had made in the museum.

词形变化

grootslangs plural

词源

From Afrikaans grootslang (“great snake”), from groot (“great, big”) + slang (“snake”).
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