"wonderbeast" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"He is no wonderbeast at all,\" replied Salmo calmly. \"Just an ordinary otter. […]\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Gregor Salmon, Navy Divers, page 97:",
          "text": "Otherwise they were marvellous wonderbeasts – half man, half fish – that had more acrobatic pep than a seal and a big knife to boot.",
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          "ref": "2016, Jane Lowy, Wiggly Barstool:",
          "text": "We drew nearer the wonder-beast so as to assure ourselves she was real.",
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        "(fantasy) A magical, mystical, or mythological creature"
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