argopelter

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Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to pelt i.e. hurl?”)

Noun[edit]

argopelter (plural argopelters)

  1. A mythical monster of the United States, said to inhabit hollow tree trunks and hurl wooden splinters and branches at passers-by.

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