Definition
A mythical or grotesque creature, particularly one found in medieval bestiaries, often depicted with unusual or distorted features.
Etymology
From Greek 'blemma' meaning 'glance' or 'look' (related to how something appears) combined with 'tropos' meaning 'turn' or 'way,' suggesting a turning gaze or appearance-changing creature.
Kelly Says
Medieval scholars loved these invented creature names to catalog the monsters they imagined in unexplored lands—'blemmatrope' was their way of naming the unseen and strange, blending Greek roots to sound both learned and appropriately mysterious.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ብለምማትሮፕ
blem-ma-tro-p
ARالعربية
بلماتروپ
blem-ma-tro-p
BNবাংলা
ব্লেম্যাট্রোপ
blem-ma-tro-p
CACatalà
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
CSČeština
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
DADansk
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
DEDeutsch
blemmatrope
blem-ah-tro-pe
ELΕλληνικά
βλεμματότροπος
blem-ma-tro-pos
ESEspañol
blemmatrope
blem-ah-tro-pee
FAفارسی
بلماتروپ
blem-ma-tro-p
FISuomi
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
FRFrançais
blemmatrope
blem-ah-trohp
GUGU
બ્લેમ્માટ્રોપ
blem-ma-tro-p
HAHA
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
HEעברית
בְּלַמְמָטְרוֹפּ
blem-ma-tro-p
HIहिन्दी
ब्लेमेट्रोप
blem-ma-tro-p
HUMagyar
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
IDBahasa Indonesia
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
IGIG
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
ITItaliano
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
JA日本語
blemmatrope
blem-mat-tro-pe
KKKK
блемматотроп
blem-mah-tro-p
KMKM
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
KO한국어
blemmatrope
blem-mat-tro-pe
MRMR
ब्लेमेट्रोप
blem-ma-tro-p
MSBahasa Melayu
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
MYမြန်မာ
ဘလက်မ truffles
blem-ma-tro-pe
NLNederlands
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
NONorsk
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
PAPA
ਬਲੇਮੈਟ੍ਰੋਪ
blem-ma-tro-p
PLPolski
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
PTPortuguês
blemmatrope
blem-ah-tro-pe
RORomână
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
RUРусский
блемматотроп
blem-mah-tro-p
SVSvenska
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
SWKiswahili
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
TAதமிழ்
ப்ளெம்மாட்ரோப்
blem-ma-tro-p
TEతెలుగు
బ్లెమ్మట్రోప్
blem-ma-tro-p
THไทย
บเลมมาโทรป์
blem-ma-trohp
TLTL
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
TRTürkçe
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
UKУкраїнська
блемматотроп
blem-mah-tro-p
URاردو
بلماتروپ
blem-ma-tro-p
VITiếng Việt
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
YOYO
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe
ZH中文
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tuo-pe
ZUZU
blemmatrope
blem-ma-tro-pe