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Fearsome Figure Of Folklore

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noun

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

30%9Fearsome monster from folklore
noun

• a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

30%8Fearsome nocturnal creature of folklore
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