Leviathan (noun)
lev-ay-a-thun
any huge marine animal, as the whale. / anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship.
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English levyathan, from Late Latin leviathan, ultimately from Hebrew liwyāthān
Example sentences
“The leviathan breached the water, sending waves out to the paddleboarders, almost untoppling them.”