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bunyip

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bunyip /ˈbʌnjɪp/

▶noun Austral.

1 a mythical monster said to inhabit inland waterways.

2 an impostor or pretender.

– origin from an Aborig. word.

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