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Lake monster (Worldwide) – Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world; Lakhey – Demon with fangs; La Llorona (Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning; Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion; Lambton Worm – Giant worm
A representation of a Clurichaun in T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Cabeiri – Smith and wine spirit; Cacus – Fire-breathing giant; Cadejo (Central America) – Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid; Cailleach – Divine creator and weather deity hag; Caipora – Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail; Devil Whale – Whale capable of swallowing ships
Toshiba, from Shibaura Seisaku-sho and Tokyo Denki [c] Travelocity, from travel and velocity; Triscuit, from electricity and biscuit; Venezuelanalysis, from Venezuela and analysis; Verizon, from veritas (Latin for truth) and horizon; Victorinox, from Victoria (the company founder's mother) and inox (stainless steel)
From A-Z, there is no one letter that all animals from across the globe begin with. Because of that, you can probably come up with animals that start with each letter of the alphabet if you take a ...
2. Acorn Woodpecker. These birds get their name from their unique habit of storing acorns in trees, which they use as a food source. Sometimes, they can store tens of thousands of them.
2 Specific area-related lists. 3 Creature type-based lists. 4 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend;