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Tatzelwurm

Tatzelwurm noun: a worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.

Noun

Tatzelwurm (plural Tatzelwurms)

  1. A worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.
    • Men had been known to quit work here, claiming that the Tatzelwurms were becoming enraged by all the drilling and explosions.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 736

Forms of Tatzelwurm

pluralTatzelwurms

Origin of Tatzelwurm

Borrowed from German Tatzelwurm.

Questions about Tatzelwurm

What does Tatzelwurm mean?
Tatzelwurm means a worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.
What part of speech is Tatzelwurm?
Tatzelwurm is a noun.
What is the plural of Tatzelwurm?
The plural of Tatzelwurm is Tatzelwurms.

Words near Tatzelwurm in the dictionary

  1. Tatworth and Forton
  2. tatyanaite
  3. Tatyoon
  4. Tatzel
  5. Tatzels
  6. Tatzelwurm
  7. Tatzelwurms
  8. tau
  9. tau bone
  10. tau bones
  11. Tau Cetan

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