owlbear
English edit
Etymology edit
owl + bear. Coined by Gary Gygax in the 1970s for Dungeons & Dragons.
Noun edit
owlbear (plural owlbears)
- (fantasy) A monstrous creature resembling a bear with a beak.
- 1997, Terence Fergusson, “Murphy's Laws of NetHack”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):
- I don't usually survive long enough to get surrounded by owlbears […]
- 2010, Maia Jacomus, Loki: Why I Began the End:
- He played stupid—he looked at my scars and feigned confusion as he dropped the kindling.
“What happened?” he asked.
“An owlbear attacked,” I answered wryly. He sat down with us, and between their powers, I started to heal.