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Definition
something that is exceedingly large — absolutely or relative to its kind
or:
older usage: a large sea monster or whale
or:
older usage: a large sea monster or whale
- Keeping his footing on the heaving deck by clutching the bulwarks, my brother looked past this charging leviathan at the Martians again, and he saw the three of them now close together, and standing so far out to sea that their tripod supports were almost entirely submerged.1.17 — Book 1 Chapter 17 — The "Thunder Child" (71% in)
There are no more uses of "leviathan" in The War of the Worlds.
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