Etymology

owlbear

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Today it means: A monstrous creature resembling a bear with a beak. Full definition →

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The story

From owl + bear. Coined by Gary Gygax in the 1970s for Dungeons & Dragons.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.