Meanings
plural watermonsters · alternative water monster
- A monster inhabiting water.
So the noble prince proceeded undismayed up fells and screes, along narrow footpaths and ways where they were forced into single file, ledges on cliffs above lairs of water-monsters.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 46
Translations
Finnish vesihirviö
- vesihirviöTranslations
German Wassermonster
- WassermonsterTranslations
Romanian monstru de apă
- monstru de apăTranslations
Cite this entry
watermonster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermonster
“watermonster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermonster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watermonster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermonster.
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