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noun
A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
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History
Possibly connected to Grendel, the monster from the epic Beowulf.
