English Explanatory Dictionary

grootslang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A South African cryptid with the head of an elephant and the body of a snake, which reputedly eats elephants and hoards diamonds; one particular one (the Grootslang) is reputed to live in a cave in South Africa connected to the sea.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of grootslang, referring to the specific primordial, one which is reputed to live in a cave in South Africa connected to the sea.

Word forms

grootslang grootslangs

Etymology

From Afrikaans grootslang (“great snake”), from groot (“great, big”) + slang (“snake”).

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