Leviathan
[lə-VI-ə-thən]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, late 14th century
1.
A thing that is very large or powerful, especially a ship.
2.
A very large aquatic creature, especially a whale.
Examples of Leviathan in a sentence
"The blue whale is one of the largest leviathans in the sea."
"The cruise ship was a towering leviathan of the seas."
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