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fictional | wumpus |

As an adjective fictional

is invented, as opposed to real.

As a noun wumpus is

a fictional reclusive monster.

fictional

English

Adjective

(wikipedia fictional) (en adjective)
  • Invented, as opposed to real.
    • Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
    The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional .

    Related terms

    * fictive * fictitious * fictitional

    wumpus

    English

    (wikipedia wumpus)

    Noun

    (wumpuses)
  • A fictional reclusive monster.
  • * 1987 , Etienne Wenger, Artificial Intelligence and Tutoring Systems
    • In addition to the Wumpus , other dangers are lurking: namely deadly pits, and bats that grab the player and drop her in a random cave.
  • * 2003 , Selmer Bringsjord, Michael John Zenzen, Superminds: People Harness Hypercomputation, and More
    • A scream occurs when the agent shoots an arrow that kills the wumpus .
  • * 2008 , Andreas Jahn-Sudmann, Ralf Stockmann, Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon
    • In Hunter , towards the end of the game, the player is tracking the wounded wumpus and finds herself in a room of interconnected caves.