lamia
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Poseidon'un kızı. Çocukları çalan ve yiyen iğrenç bir varlık. Zeus'un sevgililerinden biriydi ve ondan bir çok çocuğu olmuştu ancak kıskanç Hera çocuklarını öldürtünce Lamia çıldırdı ve çocuklara düşman kesildi.
2. çocuk eti ve kanı ile beslenen kadın başlı yılan şeklindeki efsanevi canavar.
3. vampir.
Tanımlar :
1.
greek mythology A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.
2. A female vampire.
2. A female vampire.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A monster with the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent, which ate children and sucked the blood from men.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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in fir. and roman mythology, an enticing witch, who charmed children and youths for the purpose of feeding on their blood and flesh, like the later vampire; a female demon; hence, in general, a destroying witch or hag.
2. in zoology:
3. A Fabrician (1775) genus of longicorn beetles, now the type of the family Lamiidæ. L. ædilis is a species the male of which has antenæ) four times as long as the body.
4. A genus of sharks: same as lamna.
2. in zoology:
3. A Fabrician (1775) genus of longicorn beetles, now the type of the family Lamiidæ. L. ædilis is a species the male of which has antenæ) four times as long as the body.
4. A genus of sharks: same as lamna.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia