Leviathan

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Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.
The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen's Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0

leviathanBibl. sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.

English
Leviathan
Portuguese
Leviatã; monstro
Norwegian
Leviatan
Dutch
Leviathan; Zeemonster
German
Leviathan; Seeungeheuer; Seeungetüm
French
Léviathan
Spanish

Italian

Greek

Creole

Animals leviathan may refer to:

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