wasserman

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French - English
Wassermann, family name; August von Wassermann (1866-1925), German physician and bacteriologist
English - English
A mythical sea-monster, being part-man, and thought to destroy ships

The dreadfull Fish, that hath deseru'd the name / Of Death, and like him lookes in dreadfull hew, / The griesly Wasserman, that makes his game / The flying ships with swiftnesse to pursew .