a yeti

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a bogeyman in children’s stories

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an imaginary evil creature used in stories for frightening children

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a bogeyman

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in old Australian stories, an imaginary creature that lives in or near water

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a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head, arms, and chest of a man, and the body and legs of a horse

a British spelling of chimera

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a frightening imaginary creature in old stories. It has a lion’s head, a goat’s body, a long tail, and it breathes fire.

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an imaginary living thing that is strange or frightening

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a spirit in ancient Greek stories that is less important than a god or that protects a particular person or place

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a large imaginary creature in old stories that has wings and a long pointed tail and breathes out fire

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in ancient Greek literature, a female spirit who lives in trees

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an imaginary creature in children’s stories that looks like a very small old man

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an imaginary creature with magic powers that looks like a small person with wings

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a woman in traditional children’s stories who has magic powers and helps people

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in ancient Roman stories, a god that has the upper body of a man, the legs of a goat, and a goat’s horns on its head

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an imaginary spirit with magic powers in ancient Middle Eastern stories

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an imaginary creature that eats dead people

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a creature in children’s stories that looks like a small person and enjoys causing trouble

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in ancient Greek stories, a monster in the form of a woman with snakes for hair who changed anyone who looked at her into stone

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a small imaginary creature that people blame when they have problems with machines

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a large imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle

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a cruel creature in ancient Greek stories, with a bird’s body and a woman’s face

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a small ugly creature in children’s stories who harms or tricks people

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in science fiction stories, a creature that looks like a human

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a creature in Greek mythology (=ancient stories) that looked like a snake with many heads

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an imaginary creature that looks like a small child and likes to have fun by behaving badly

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an ancient sea creature that some people believe lives in Loch Ness, a lake in Scotland

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an imaginary sea creature that has the upper body of a woman and a fish’s tail

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an imaginary creature that is large and frightening

an informal name for the loch ness monster

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in ancient Greek and Roman stories, one of the female spirits who live in rivers, mountains, or forests

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an imaginary bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years and then burns to death, with a new phoenix rising from the ashes when the flames are gone

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an imaginary magic creature like a small person with pointed ears who can do magic

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a creature in ancient Greek stories with a man’s upper body and head and the ears, horns, and legs of a goat

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a creature from another planet

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an animal in ancient Greek and Egyptian myths that has a lion’s body and a human head

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an imaginary creature with special powers

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a small imaginary creature with magic powers in traditional stories, especially one that lives in or near water

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a female spirit in ancient stories who lived in the air

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a very ugly creature in old Scandinavian stories that lives in a cave and is either very small or very tall

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an imaginary creature like a horse with a single long horn on its head

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an imaginary creature who is human during the day but becomes a wolf at night when there is a full moon

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an imaginary animal with two legs and wings and a dragon’s head

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a wild animal that some people believe exists in the Himalayas. It is said to look like a human with a lot of hair.