Indus worm Indus worm The skōlex (Indus Worm or the horrible Indian worm), in ancient Greek writings, was a supposed giant, white, carnivorous worm with a large pair of teeth that lived in the Indus River. Gustav Oppert in the 19th century reasoned that "skōlex" referred to a like-sounding word in the Indian language, and was convinced the word was "culukī" () for "fish" or "porpoise". In his opinion, the word could refer even to a "crocodile" by extension. Scholar Erik Seldeslachts, in a 1998 paper, has suggested parallel with "kṛmiḥ" () which has the duel meaning of "worm" and a name
Monopod (creature) by a one-footed man, and Thorvald dies from an arrow-wound: Umberto Eco in his novel "Baudolino" describes a sciapod named Gavagai. The name of the creature "Gavagai" is a reference to Quine's example of indeterminacy of translation. Monopod (creature) Monopods (also sciapods, skiapods, skiapodes) are mythological dwarf-like creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centered in the middle of their bodies. The names "monopod" and "skiapod" (σκιάποδες) are both Greek, respectively meaning "one-foot" and "shadow-foot". Monopods appear in Aristophanes' play "The Birds", first performed in 414 BC. They are described by Pliny the Elder in his "Natural