Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology A daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who with her brother Orestes avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover, Aegisthus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the Pleiades, 20 Tauri.
- n. [NL.] In zoology: A genus of polyps.
- n. A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- n. A genus of dipterous insects.
- n. A genus of mollusks.
Wiktionary
- n. Greek mythology Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
- n. astronomy One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
- n. rare A female given name.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
Examples
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“Too bad Jennifer Garner's fights in "Electra" couldn't have been like that.”
“The man Electra is married to, however, is kind to her and has taken advantage of neither her family name nor her virginity.”
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“Electra is powered by a 9-volt lithium battery that is good for 500 shots.”
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“And -- Carmen Electra is looking like a dogs breakfast”
“The Electra is a Dutch bike made in China – which is a bit of an oxymoron – but is pretty cool.”
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Phaeton, Metis, Lachesis, Juventas, Hestia, Hellen, Gaia, Clotho, Cadmus, Atropos, Athena, Mnemosyne and 198 more...
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Stars
The proper names of stars. Don't list people, people.
Markab, Adhara, Aldhafera, Sham, Sinistra, Zubenelgenubi, Sag, Skat, Rastaban, Peacock, Media, Grumium and 89 more...
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