mokele-mbembe
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Lingala, possibly meaning "one who stops the flow of rivers", or "rainbow".
Noun[edit]
mokele-mbembe (plural mokele-mbembes)
- A large water-dwelling cryptid described in legends of the Congo River basin.
- 1995, Tom Logsdon, Understanding the Navstar:
- The mokele mbembes' favorite hangout was a big lake frequented by the local fishermen […]
- 2003, Robert Todd Carroll, The Skeptic's Dictionary:
- Local pygmies, who have given the creature its name, have allegedly encountered the mokele-mbembe, which they say is the size of an elephant […]
- 2005, Rich Gray, Click or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet:
- The swamps are intersected by many rivers, and the whole region is lush and largely inaccessible, providing any number of Mokele-Mbembes adequate food […]