Godzilla

[ god-zil-uh ]

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  1. a science-fiction monster that resembles an enormous bipedal lizard, featured in Japanese and American films, television, and comic books.

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Origin of Godzilla

1
1950–55; an Anglicized version of the Japanese name Gojira< Japanese gorira gorilla + kujira whale

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