imaginary being

imaginary being
noun
a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
Syn: ↑imaginary creature
Hypernyms: ↑imagination, ↑imaginativeness, ↑vision
Hyponyms:
Instance Hyponyms:

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