Treant
//ˈtɹiːɛnt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
"Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated."
Example
More examples"Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated."
Etymology
From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.
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