Tatzelwurm

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noun

A worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.

OriginGerman Tatzelwurm →
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Meanings

nounTatzelwurm (plural Tatzelwurms)

plural Tatzelwurms

  1. biologyA worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.

    Men had been known to quit work here, claiming that the Tatzelwurms were becoming enraged by all the drilling and explosions.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 736

Origin

  1. GermanTatze
  2. GermanWurm
  3. GermanTatzelwurm
  4. EnglishTatzelwurm

Borrowed from German Tatzelwurm.

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APA

Tatzelwurm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tatzelwurm

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“Tatzelwurm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tatzelwurm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tatzelwurm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tatzelwurm.

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