"corkindrill" meaning in All languages combined

See corkindrill on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: corkindrills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} corkindrill (plural corkindrills)
  1. A mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-corkindrill-en-noun-IhIeOA-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000, Nancy Kilpatrick, Thomas Roche, Graven images, page 119:",
          "text": "Still, he did give her a good price for the creature, selling it to her under the mistaken impression that it was a corkindrill. Well, of course it was not a corkindrill, although a genuine corkindrill (another of Irene's finds) had shared its crate for approximately fifteen years.",
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