NESSIE

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• NESSIE (noun)
  The noun NESSIE has 1 sense:

1. a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

  Familiarity information: NESSIE used as a noun is very rare.

• NESSIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Loch Ness monster; Nessie

Instance hypernyms:

legendary creature (a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual)

Holonyms ("Nessie" is a part of...):

Loch Ness (a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain)