A figure in English folklore, a river hag who pulls people into the water to drown them.
(UK, dialect) pondweed or duckweed, which forms a mat-like surface on water and makes it look treacherously like dry land.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, folklore, mythological creature) A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.
A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.
(US, folklore) A fictional crocodile-like animal with no mouth and huge nostrils that uses its tail as a weapon.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
A figure in English folklore, a river hag who pulls people into the water to drown them.