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gyascutus (noun):
an imaginary legendary animal.
Source : Britannica
Etymology : An imaginary, large, four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than those on the other, for walking on hillsides. Humorous references to this creature, whose name has countless local variants, first appeared in American newspapers during the 1840s. The word was apparently coined to mimic the Latin taxonomic names of real animals, but its precise origin is unknown.
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