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thunder beasts

thunder beasts is the plural of thunder beast.

Meaning of thunder beast

Noun (1)

thunder beast (plural thunder beasts)

  1. A legendary creature associated with lightning and thunder, as well as the god Raijin, and depicted as various animals.
    Synonyms:
    raiju

Noun (2)

thunder beast (plural thunder beasts)

  1. A brontothere: any member of the family †Brontotheriidae of extinct odd-toed ungulates, some of which developed bony nose horns and superficially resemble rhinos.
    • One day when Cook was talking with Red Cloud the subject of the thunder beasts came up. Cook was introduced to this mythology, and even shown a petrified jaw bone that was said to have come from the thunder beasts. Of course, this was a brontothere jaw. When Marsh appeared on the scene shortly...2000', Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals, page 231

Questions about thunder beasts

What is thunder beasts the plural of?
Thunder beasts is the plural of thunder beast.

Words near thunder beasts in the dictionary

  1. thunder
  2. thunder and lightning
  3. Thunder Bay
  4. Thunder Bay District
  5. thunder beast
  6. thunder beasts
  7. thunder box
  8. thunder boxes
  9. thunder clap
  10. thunder claps
  11. thunder cloud

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