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mountain-elf

mountain-elf noun: an elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

Noun

mountain-elf (plural mountain-elves)

  1. An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
    • King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 9

Forms of mountain-elf

pluralmountain-elves

Origin of mountain-elf

From mountain + elf; compare Old English muntælfen, from munt (“mountain”) + ælfen (“elf”).

Questions about mountain-elf

What does mountain-elf mean?
Mountain-elf means an elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
What part of speech is mountain-elf?
Mountain-elf is a noun.
What is the plural of mountain-elf?
The plural of mountain-elf is mountain-elves.

Words near mountain-elf in the dictionary

  1. mountain wagtails
  2. mountain weasel
  3. mountain wolf
  4. mountain zebra
  5. mountain zebras
  6. mountain-elf
  7. mountain-elves
  8. mountain-load
  9. mountain-loads
  10. mountain-lover
  11. mountain-lovers

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