OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8164

leviathan

/lɪˈvaɪəθn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
leviatán
A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
The fog seemed to break away as though split by a wedge, and the bow of a steamboat emerged, trailing fog-wreaths on either side like seaweed on the snout of Leviathan.
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