corkindrill
corkindrill noun: a mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile.
Noun
corkindrill (plural corkindrills)
- A mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile.
- At this the bird became so nervous that it made a mess on Merlyn's head — the whole room was quite white with droppings — and flew off to perch on the farthest tip of the corkindrill's tail, out of reach.1958, Terence White, The Once and Future King, page 26
- Still, he did give her a good price for the creature, selling it to her under the mistaken impression that it was a corkindrill. Well, of course it was not a corkindrill, although a genuine corkindrill (another of Irene's finds) had shared its crate for approximately fifteen years.2000, Nancy Kilpatrick, Thomas Roche, Graven images, page 119
Forms of corkindrill
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Questions about corkindrill
- What does corkindrill mean?
- Corkindrill means a mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile.
- What part of speech is corkindrill?
- Corkindrill is a noun.
- What is the plural of corkindrill?
- The plural of corkindrill is corkindrills.
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