"knucker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knuckers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old English nicor (“water monster; hippopotamus”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|nicor||water monster; hippopotamus}} Old English nicor (“water monster; hippopotamus”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} knucker (plural knuckers)
  1. (UK, dialect) A kind of water dragon, said to live in knuckerholes in Sussex, England. Tags: UK, dialectal
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