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guyascutus

guyascutus noun: an imaginary four-legged monster of varying descriptions, usually with two legs on one side of its body longer than the two on the other.

Noun

guyascutus (plural guyascutuses)

  1. (US) An imaginary four-legged monster of varying descriptions, usually with two legs on one side of its body longer than the two on the other.
    • Agassis has raised, they say, over a million, for his great work on natural philosophy—but what catalogue of snakes, bugs, lame ducks, and guyascutuses, can be compared to a philosophy of female fascinations.1858, George R. Graham, Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion
    • The story of the guyanosa or guyascutus (see Knickerbocker Mag. XXVIII. 36-38 and Harper's Mag. VII. 708-709) tells of somesharpers who sold tickets to the public to see this strange and savage animal.1951, Mitford McLeod Mathews, A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles

Examples of guyascutus in a sentence

  • One person says that there is more to it: "The guyascutus Ieadeth the wangdoodle wheresoever he willeth."1953, New York Folklore Quarterly - Volume 9, page 75:
  • The sky was filled with steam; a horrible outcry arose, and the shape of the Guyascutus became dimly visible.1968, Albert Raymond Kitzhaber, Language/Rhetoric:
  • The guyascutus was a ferocious, man-eating beast which, after much fanfare and sensational publicity, was exhibited in small antebellum Southern towns.1979, American Humor - Volume 6, page 15:

Forms of guyascutus

pluralguyascutuses
alternative formguyascutis
alternative formgyascutus
alternative formguyanosa

Questions about guyascutus

What does guyascutus mean?
Guyascutus means an imaginary four-legged monster of varying descriptions, usually with two legs on one side of its body longer than the two on the other.
How do you use guyascutus in a sentence?
One person says that there is more to it: "The guyascutus Ieadeth the wangdoodle wheresoever he willeth."
What part of speech is guyascutus?
Guyascutus is a noun.
What is the plural of guyascutus?
The plural of guyascutus is guyascutuses.

Words near guyascutus in the dictionary

  1. Guyaneseness
  2. guyanosa
  3. guyanosas
  4. guyascutis
  5. guyascutises
  6. guyascutus
  7. guyascutuses
  8. Guyatt
  9. guybrows
  10. guyde
  11. guydes

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