Gollum
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom English Gollum, the character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, "to whom this shark bears some resemblance in form and habits." See more on Wikipedia: Slender smooth-hound § Taxonomy and phylogeny.
Proper noun
editGollum m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudotriakidae – the slender smooth-hound and gollumsharks.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - superclass; Elasmobranchii - class; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order; Pseudotriakidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Gollum attenuatus (slender smooth-hound), Gollum suluensis (Sulu gollumshark) - described species; white-marked gollumshark - undescribed species
References
edit- Gollum (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gollum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gollum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
editEtymology
editA fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan (“to burrow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) /ˈɡɒl.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒləm
- (US) enPR: gäl'əm, IPA(key): /ˈɡɑləm/
Noun
editGollum (plural Gollums)
- A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Translations
editfictional character
Verb
editGollum (third-person singular simple present Gollums, present participle Golluming, simple past and past participle Gollumed)
- To act like Gollum, the fictional character.
- 2005 April 28, Julian Love God, “X-Roasting”, in alt.zen[1] (Usenet), message-ID <1114704034.462969.53660@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>:
- Mike Biggins Gollumed...
"After a few years it still amazes me that there are so many egocentric 'facilitators' trying to pass 'enlightenment' to the uneducated via Apz... but... APZ is MINE, it's MY PRECIOUS!"
And it came to pass that he spent his life festering in the cayons and caves of his own poisoned min(es)d!
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