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Jenny Greenteeth

Jenny Greenteeth proper noun: a figure in English folklore, a river hag who pulls people into the water to drown them.

Proper noun

Jenny GreenTeeth

  1. A figure in English folklore, a river hag who pulls people into the water to drown them.

Noun

Jenny Greenteeth (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) pondweed or duckweed, which forms a mat-like surface on water and makes it look treacherously like dry land

Questions about Jenny Greenteeth

What does Jenny Greenteeth mean?
Jenny Greenteeth means a figure in English folklore, a river hag who pulls people into the water to drown them.
What part of speech is Jenny Greenteeth?
Jenny Greenteeth can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Jenny Greenteeth in the dictionary

  1. Jennison
  2. jennite
  3. Jenns
  4. Jennu Kurumba
  5. jenny
  6. Jenny Greenteeth
  7. Jenny Haniver
  8. Jenny Hanivers
  9. Jenny invert
  10. Jenny inverts
  11. Jenny Lind

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