thunder beast
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A legendary creature associated with lightning and thunder, as well as the god Raijin, depicted as various animals.
- Any of the family †Brontotheriidae of extinct odd-toed ungulates that superficially resemble rhinos, some of which develop bony nose horns.
词源
词源 1
Calque from Japanese 雷獣(らいじゅう) (raijū)
词源 2
Calque of taxonomic name Brontotheriidae, which is derived from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”) + -idae.
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