Definition of monster

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Monster (n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs..

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Hippodame :: Hippodame (n.) A fabulous sea monster.
Monstrosity :: Monstrosity (n.) The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster..
Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus..
Monster :: Monster (n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs..
Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.
Ogre :: Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster..
Monstrous :: Monstrous (a.) Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth..
Teratogeny :: Teratogeny (n.) The formation of monsters.
Cerberus :: Cerberus (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly..
Charybdis :: Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
Monster :: Monster (n.) Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel..
Monster :: Monster (v. t.) To make monstrous.
Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent..
Sea Monster :: Sea monster () Any large sea animal.
Gila Monster :: Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Monomphalus :: Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus..
Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman..
Chimera :: Chimera (n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon..
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