monster

Definitions of monster
  1. noun
    all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
    synonyms: proefstuk, sample, staal
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    boorkern
    a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
  2. noun
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
    synonyms: gedrocht, monstrum, wangedrocht, wangestalte
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    leviathan
    the largest or most massive thing of its kind
    type of:
    mutant
    (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
  3. noun
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
    synonyms: Goliath, colossus, gedrocht, kolos, kolossus, wangedrocht, wangestalte
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