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Kraken

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Definition

a legendary sea monster resembling a giant octopus or squid.

Synonyms & similar words

leviathan colossus behemoth monster creature octopus squid abomination enormity prodigy whale dinosaur dragon leviathan ogre titan

Example sentences

  1. The kraken was spotted near the ship.
  2. The kraken was said to be very dangerous.
  3. Sailors feared the kraken.
  4. The kraken was rumored to be as big as an island.
  5. Nobody knows if the kraken really exists.

Quotes

  • 'The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee / About his shadowy sides: above him swell / Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; / And far away into the sickly light, / From many a wondrous grot and secret cell / Unnumbered and enormous polypi / Winnow with giant fins the slumbering green.' - Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • 'The Kraken, a mythological sea monster, is a fitting name for a creature that is likely to be the largest living invertebrate on the planet.' - David Scheel
  • 'The Kraken is a symbol of the enemy we fear, the power we do not understand, and the monster that we cannot defeat.' - J.R. McRae

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