bə hi məth 1. a huge beast, perhaps a hippopotamus, mentioned in the Book of Job in the Old Testament. 2. any enormous or powerful creature or thing. “America’s second largest tobacco…
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dodo
do do noun 1. any of several large, clumsy, flightless birds formerly found on islands in the Indian Ocean but now extinct. 2. (informal) a person who is slow-witted or hopelessly old-fashioned.
Trojan horse
tro jən hors 1. in Greek mythology, a huge wooden horse by means of which the Greeks besieging Troy cunningly gained entrance to and overran the city, ending the Trojan War. 2….
gargoyle
gar goIl noun 1. a macabre or grotesque sculpture of an animal or person, often carved as an architectural ornament. 2. on a building, a rainspout in the shape of such an…
centaur
sen tawr noun in Greek mythology, any of a race of creatures that have the head, arms, and torso of a man and the trunk and legs of a horse.