Loch Ness monster: Meaning and Definition of

Loch' Ness" mon'ster

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  1. a large aquatic animal resembling a serpent or a plesiosaurlike reptile, reported to have been seen in the waters of Loch Ness, Scotland, but not proved to exist.
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