{"def":{"short":"a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e., a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)","long":["dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale"]},"deriv":"from an unused root probably meaning to elongate","pronun":{"ipa":"t̪ɑn̪","ipa_mod":"tɑn","sbl":"tan","dic":"tahn","dic_mod":"tahn"},"see":["H8577"],"comment":"Compare H8577."}