"lightning bird" meaning in All languages combined

See lightning bird on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lightning birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lightning bird (plural lightning birds)
  1. A mythological creature in South African tribal folklore: a large, vampiric, black and white bird that can summon thunder and lightning and is said to consume blood and to seduce women in the form of a man. Wikipedia link: lightning bird Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Synonyms: impundulu

Inflected forms

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