fantastic creature

collocation in English

meaningsoffantasticandcreature

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fantastic
adjective
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/fænˈtæs.tɪk/us
/fænˈtæs.tɪk/
informal
extremely ...
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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 offantasticandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This character is not considered or perceived as a mythical orfantasticcreatureby children.
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Each sculpture takes the form of an imaginary andfantasticcreaturedisplayed on a wood mount in the style of a hunting trophy.
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The work presents a nightmarish scene with fantastic creatures.
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They are decorated with plant motifs, human figures and various fantastic creatures (mermaids, griffins and centaurs).
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According to researchers, depicted animals and fantastic creatures on the inner side of the slabs carried the deceased to the afterlife.
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These long stories have complicated plots that deal with magical and otherwise fantastic creatures and events.
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Their human faces are shown in cutaway view inside the costumes of the fantastic creatures they have become through the transformation of the dance.
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Many of the toy figures produced here are large, multicolored and often of fantastic creatures such as lions with sun faces.
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During the orientalising period, such tripods were frequently decorated with figural protomes, in the shape of griffins, sphinxes and other fantastic creatures.
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Fantastic creatures, most commonly dragons and winged horses are also made.
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These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.
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A small angel and other fantastic creatures pass by.
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There are fantastic creatures, amazing landscapes, picturesque kingdoms with strange customs, a resourceful hero, and, of course, a beautiful and strong-willed princess.
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In narrative, a creator can embody, and readers be led to imagine, fictional characters, and even fantastic creatures or technologies.
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The drawings are estimated to be between 500 and 800 years old, and portray animals, people and fantastic creatures, possibly stylised reptiles.
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There, the orphans meet fantastic creatures, such as talking ants and flowers.
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Fantastic creatures mingle with the real; otherwise ordinary fruits appear engorged to a gigantic size.
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Black can start to turn things around in the midgame with a couple of truly fantastic creatures.
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The rest of the decoration has vegetable motifs or fantastic creatures.
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An alebrije is a fantastical creature, which usually include various parts of real-life or fantastic creatures.
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