Snark
See also: snark
English
editEtymology
editCoined by Lewis Carroll as a nonce word in The Hunting of the Snark (1874). According to Beatrice Hatch, Carroll created this word as a blend of snail + shark.[1]
Proper noun
editSnark
- A fictional animal in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark.
- A ketch built by Jack London named after Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark
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editFurther reading
edit- Snark (Lewis Carroll) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia