leviathan
leviathans
A leviathan is a giant sea creature. It can be real, like a whale, or mythical.
Moby Dick is an example of a famous leviathan. The word comes from Hebrew livyathan which means a great sea serpent or sea monster. A real leviathan is the giant sea squid Architeuthis, which was photographed alive for the first time in 2005. A leviathan can also be something that is really, really big. The Titanic was a leviathan that now rests with leviathans.
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the largest or most massive thing of its kind“it was a leviathan among redwoods”“they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks”
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freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
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a massive sea creature
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monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
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mythical creature, mythical monster
a monster renowned in folklore and myth
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mythical creature, mythical monster
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