Owlbear

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A monstrous creature resembling a bear with a beak.

    "I don't usually survive long enough to get surrounded by owlbears[…]"

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"I don't usually survive long enough to get surrounded by owlbears[…]"

Etymology

From owl + bear. Coined by Gary Gygax in the 1970s for Dungeons & Dragons.

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