kongamato

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noun

A pterosaur-like cryptid of Africa.

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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyA pterosaur-like cryptid of Africa.

    […] swamp conceals a terrifying "lizard bird" called the kongamato.

    2000, E. Randall Floyd, The world's 100 greatest mysteries: strange secrets of the past revealed
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    […] the kongamato like the olitiau is in the habit of diving at men crossing its territory — perhaps trying to drive them away […]

    1958, Bernard Heuvelmans, On the tracks of unknown animals

    When crossing rivers, some of them carried amulets that would protect them from a Kongamato.

    2002, George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, Volume 2

    Also described as being like a giant bat, the Kongamato has large teeth, red leathery skin, and a wingspan of four to seven feet.

    2008, Oliver Ho, Mysteries Unwrapped: Mutants & Monsters

Origin

  1. kqn
  2. Englishkongamato

From Kaonde [Term?] (literally “breaker of boats”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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