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English-Thai Dictionary

kraken

N สัตว์ประหลาด ที่ ทำให้เกิด น้ำวน ใน ทะเล ของ นอร์เวย์ ที่ เล่า ต่อกัน มา

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KRAKEN

n.A supposed enormous sea animal.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KRAKEN

Kra "ken, n. Etym: [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.]

Defn: A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus. To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith. Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.

New American Oxford Dictionary

kraken

kra ken |ˈkräkən ˈkrɑkən | ▶noun an enormous mythical sea monster said to appear off the coast of Norway. ORIGIN Norwegian.

Oxford Dictionary

kraken

kraken |ˈkrɑːk (ə )n | ▶noun an enormous mythical sea monster said to appear off the coast of Norway. ORIGIN Norwegian.