Kraken

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  • noun. A huge sea monster in Norwegian legend.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A mythical sea-monster said to appear at times off the coast of Norway.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
  • Word Usage
    "It's hard to properly dramatize, say, the domestic effects of Dad's bank overdraft when a giant writhing kraken is levelling the city."