"shoggoth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shoggoths [plural], shaggoth [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoggoth (plural shoggoths)
  1. A monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Wikipedia link: shoggoth

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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