Usually means: Australian mythical creature, water-dwelling.
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  1. bunyip: Merriam-Webster
  2. bunyip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bunyip: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bunyip: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Bunyip, bunyip: Wordnik
  6. bunyip: Wiktionary
  7. bunyip: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. bunyip: Dictionary.com
  9. bunyip: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Bunyip (Australian TV series), Bunyip (musical), Bunyip (newspaper), Bunyip, The Bunyip: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. bunyip: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bunyip: Encyclopedia

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  1. bunyip: Medical dictionary

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  1. bunyip: Magic or Madness
  2. bunyip: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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  1. bunyip: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bunyip: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (Australia, cryptozoology, mythology) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
noun:  (Australia, slang, obsolete) An imposter or con-man.
noun:  Short for bunyip bird. [The Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus.]

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