mythical creature

collocation in English

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mythical
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmɪθ.ɪ.kəl/
existing only ...
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creature
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkriː.tʃər/us
/ˈkriː.tʃɚ/
any large or small living thing that can ...
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(Definition ofmythicalandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The principle of double majority is not amythicalcreature.
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We have heard very little about the qualities of thismythicalcreature.
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Is it not possible that this individual is bound to be amythicalcreature?
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The problem with all this is that the alimony drone is amythicalcreature.
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The suggestion that nothing should be done because any action is difficult makes us feel as though we are facing themythicalcreaturewhose teeth came alive when it died.
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His trademark since the 1950s is the goosefish, amythicalcreaturewhich is to be found in many of his works.
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The title refers to elements of the subconscious which unfold through the story and are eventually manifested as a fantasticmythicalcreature: a manticore.
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Thismythicalcreaturewas created in 1984 by students.
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Sometimes they have been shown standing on the back of a makara, anothermythicalcreature.
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She is an immortal monster based upon themythicalcreature; she eats people (at most one or two each day) to live.
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Themythicalcreaturewould dance along the street to the calon arang dance.
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A mo o wahine ismythicalcreaturewho takes the form of a beautiful woman and leads male travelers to their deaths off the cliff.
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The wani, too, inhabits the sea and not rivers, and is plainly amythicalcreature.
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Its extinction was not immediately noticed, and some considered it to be amythicalcreature.
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A parallel term, aust, is a representation of the upper part of an animal ormythicalcreature.
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The bedtime toys are generally of an animal, such as the common teddy bear, or any other creature, such as amythicalcreature.
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A griffin is amythicalcreaturewith the body and feet of a lion and the head and the wings of an eagle.
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Sphinx is amythicalcreaturewith the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings.
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When supporters are present, they may include human, animal, ormythicalcreaturesupporters, which typically flank the head shield, although this was not always the case.
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It indicates that a computer, alien,mythicalcreatureor other object will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights, capabilities and desires as any human character.
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