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godzilla | woody |

As a noun godzilla

is a fictional japanese monster () from a series of science-fiction films.

As a proper noun woody is

a male given name, from a nickname for woodrow.

godzilla

English

Alternative forms

* godzilla

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fictional Japanese monster () from a series of science-fiction films.
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  • Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.

    • Derived terms

    * -zilla

    woody

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in woods; wooded.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
    • with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
  • Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  • (botany) Non-herbaceous.
    • Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  • (botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".

    • Noun

    (woodies)
  • A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
  • (vulgar, slang) An erection.

    • See also

    * wood * wooden * wooded