watermonster

• water monster

watermonster (plural watermonsters)

1. A monster inhabiting water.
   • 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 46:

     So the noble prince proceeded undismayed
     up fells and screes, along narrow footpaths
     and ways where they were forced into single file,
     ledges on cliffs above lairs of water-monsters.

• Water monster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From water (“water”) +‎ monster (“sample”).

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧mon‧ster

watermonster n (plural watermonsters, diminutive watermonstertje n)

1. water sample