Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Gorgon, sister of Medusa and Stheno.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of sand-stars or brittle-stars of the family Euryalidæ, or referred to the family Astrophytidæ.
- noun A genus of water-lilies, of India and China, with large peltate leaves and a spiny calyx.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (
Euryale ferox ) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food. - noun (Zoöl) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology The second eldest of the
gorgons . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Nymphaeaceae —water lilies growing inIndia andChina . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Euryalidae —ophiurans with much-branched arms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
- noun basket stars
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfortunately, Medusa chose just that moment to arrive with Stheno and Euryale.
Aphrodite the Beauty Joan Holub 2010
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Unfortunately, Medusa chose just that moment to arrive with Stheno and Euryale.
Aphrodite the Beauty Joan Holub 2010
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Unfortunately, Medusa chose just that moment to arrive with Stheno and Euryale.
Aphrodite the Beauty Joan Holub 2010
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Euryale, Medusa fallen, waited where her sister lay, as the blood grew dry and dusty where the head was cut away.
APED: "medusa" hradzka 2009
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Pemphredo well-clad, and saffron-robed Enyo, and the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and
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Stheno, and Euryale, daughters of Phorcys and Cete.
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In the far western land, where the Hesperides guard the golden apples which Gaia gave to the lady Here, dwelt the maiden Medusa, with her sisters Stheino and Euryale, in their lonely and dismal home.
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But even as Medusa spake, the faces of Stheino and Euryale remained unchanged, and it seemed as though for them the words of Medusa were but an empty sound.
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Her sisters, Stheno and Euryale, were neither subject to old age nor death.
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Virtues -- Stheno and Euryale not subject to Old Age or
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