wonderbeast
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From wonder + beast. Compare Dutch wonderbeest, German Wundertier.
Noun edit
wonderbeast (plural wonderbeasts)
- (fantasy) A magical, mystical, or mythological creature
- 1988, Stories about animals, page 75:
- "He is no wonderbeast at all," replied Salmo calmly. "Just an ordinary otter. […] "
- 2011, Gregor Salmon, Navy Divers, page 97:
- Otherwise they were marvellous wonderbeasts – half man, half fish – that had more acrobatic pep than a seal and a big knife to boot.
- 2016, Jane Lowy, Wiggly Barstool:
- We drew nearer the wonder-beast so as to assure ourselves she was real.