olitiau
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gigantic cryptid of Central Africa, said to resemble a bat or flying reptile.
Example Sentences
- ""What kind of a bat is it," I asked, "that has wings like this (opening my arms) and is all black?" "Olitiau!" somebody almost screamed, and there was a hurried conference in the Assumbo tongue."
- "...the kongamato like the olitiau is in the habit of diving at men crossing its territory — perhaps trying to drive them away..."
- "As large as a huge eagle, local tribesmen called it an Olitiau."
- "Several authorities have boldly attempted to equate the olitiau with a pterodactyl, in preference to a giant bat."
- "Known locally as the olitiau, the creature that buzzed Dr. Sanderson was similar to dozens of other strange birds said to still inhabit remote corners of Africa."
- "In his youth, Sanderson, a Scot, was an explorer who mounted expeditions into some of the world's most isolated jungles, recording numerous thus-far unknown creatures — most notably, the gigantic bat-like creature known as the Olitiau, which attacked his party while he was exploring in the Assumbo Mountains of Cameroon."
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