gazeka

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noun

A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.

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Meanings

noungazeka (plural gazekas)

plural gazekas

  1. A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.

Origin

Coined by its inventor, the English comic actor George Graves (1876-1949), who introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905.

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APA

gazeka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazeka

MLA

“gazeka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazeka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gazeka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gazeka.

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