Snuffleupagus
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A fictional character from the television series Sesame Street, resembling a woolly mammoth without tusks, who until the show's 17th season was only visible to Big Bird.
"CFIDS, even bigger than a medical giraffe, is almost like Sesame Street’s elusive giant puppet Snuffleupagus—witnessed only by believers."
Example
More examples"CFIDS, even bigger than a medical giraffe, is almost like Sesame Street’s elusive giant puppet Snuffleupagus—witnessed only by believers."
Etymology
As a mammoth-like creature, he has a long trunk like an elephant's, which is called his snuffle.
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