Meaning | A monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual. |
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Instances | Bigfoot, Sasquatch | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada |
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Loch Ness monster, Nessie | A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland |
Narrower | abominable snowman, yeti | A large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas |
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doppelganger | A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart |
sea serpent | huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon |
Broader | mythical monster, mythical creature | A monster renowned in folklore and myth |
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Spanish | criatura legendaria |
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Catalan | criatura llegendària |
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