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proserpina
(encz) | Proserpina, |
Proserpina
(gcide) | Despoina \Despoina\ prop. n. (Classical Mythology)
the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the
underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with
Roman Proserpina.
Syn: Persephone, Kore, Cora.
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proserpina
(wn) | Proserpina
n 1: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone
[syn: Proserpina, Proserpine] |
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proserpina
(encz) | Proserpina, |
Proserpinaca palustris
(gcide) | Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and
maid.]
A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the
upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a
sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.
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Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of
the ancients.
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Mermaid fish (Zool.) the angel fish (Squatina).
Mermaid's glove (Zool.), a British branched sponge somewhat
resembling a glove.
Mermaid's head (Zool.), a European spatangoid sea urchin
(Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a
skull.
Mermaid weed (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or
pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and
Proserpinaca pectinacea).
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Proserpinaca pectinacea
(gcide) | Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and
maid.]
A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the
upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a
sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of
the ancients.
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Mermaid fish (Zool.) the angel fish (Squatina).
Mermaid's glove (Zool.), a British branched sponge somewhat
resembling a glove.
Mermaid's head (Zool.), a European spatangoid sea urchin
(Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a
skull.
Mermaid weed (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or
pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and
Proserpinaca pectinacea).
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proserpina
(wn) | Proserpina
n 1: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone
[syn: Proserpina, Proserpine] |
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