#creature

• Octopus — An old, regional, or popular name borrowed from Greek for the octopus (or other eight-armed cephalopod mollusks); a legendary marine animal described in old folk books (such as the Physiologus) as a bizarre creature with many legs. In an archaic literary sense, the term was used to illustrate gigantic marine creatures or abyss monsters.
• Băhvă — A rare popular term or regional archaism historically used to designate a bizarre creature, a monster, a scarecrow, or a grotesque figure found in rural superstitions and local fairy tales. In a derogatory sense, it can be used as an epithet for a disagreeable person.