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gazeka

gazeka noun: a fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.

Noun

gazeka (plural gazekas)

  1. A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.

Forms of gazeka

pluralgazekas

Origin of gazeka

Coined by its inventor, the English comic actor George Graves (1876-1949), who introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905.

Questions about gazeka

What does gazeka mean?
Gazeka means a fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.
What part of speech is gazeka?
Gazeka is a noun.
What is the plural of gazeka?
The plural of gazeka is gazekas.

Words near gazeka in the dictionary

  1. Gazeeraa
  2. gazees
  3. gazeful
  4. gazehound
  5. gazehounds
  6. gazeka
  7. gazekas
  8. gazel
  9. gazeless
  10. gazelessness
  11. Gazeley

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