kra|ken

kra|ken
kra|ken «KRAH kuhn, KRAY-», noun.
a mythical sea monster of enormous size, said to appear off the coast of Norway: »

Then like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp (Longfellow).

[< Norwegian krakjen]

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