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Bunyip
/ˈbʌnjɪp/
A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
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noun
- 1
A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
- 2
An imposter or con-man.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bunyip"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| banjo frognoun | Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes, including the pobblebonk. |
| pobblebonknoun | Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes. |
| jelly blubbernoun | (Australia) a jellyfish. |
| poddynoun | (Australia) A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute). |
| yabbynoun | (Australia) Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia. |
| bony breamnoun | (Australia) A freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi, of mainland Australia; the pyberry. |
| cowalnoun | (Australia) A billabong, or stagnant pool. |
| cunjevoinoun | (Australia) A coastal sea squirt (Pyura stolonifera), found in some parts of Australia and South Africa. |
| ghost nippernoun | (Australia) A marine yabby; a species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait. |
| tupilaknoun | (Inuit mythology) A monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy. |
| snotty | (informal) Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner. |
| billabongnoun | (Australia) An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely. |
| blind sharknoun | Either of two bottom-dwelling sharks constituting the family Brachaeluridae. |
| blue-eyenoun | Fish of the family Pseudomugilidae, native to Australia and New Guinea. |
| bummalonoun | Bombay duck (flesh of the edible lizardfish) |
| yabbienoun | Alternative spelling of yabby. [(Australia) Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.] |
| bummalownoun | Obsolete form of bummalo (“Bombay duck”). [Bombay duck (flesh of the edible lizardfish)] |
| barranoun | (Australia) A barramundi. |
| shark baitnoun | (humorous, idiomatic) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position. |
| freshienoun | (countable, colloquial, US, Philippines) A freshman. |
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