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noun
A large water-dwelling cryptid described in legends of the Congo River basin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of mokele-mbembe.
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History
From Lingala mokɛle-mbɛmbe, possibly meaning "one who stops the flow of rivers", or "rainbow".
