Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Penelope was made immortal by Circe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Penelopinæ, founded by B. Merrem in 1786, containing a number of South and Central American species of birds, such as P. marail, called
guans .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of curassows, including the guans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Cracidae . - proper noun Greek mythology The faithful wife of
Odysseus . - proper noun A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them
- noun a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Penelope is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and the first black female director to receive a BAFTA award nomination.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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With these simple changes, what Anne Frank said is alive and real and true, and not only in Penelope, but in all of us.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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With these simple changes, what Anne Frank said is alive and real and true, and not only in Penelope, but in all of us.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Penelope is for animal abusing, because she's the face of the company Loreal, which test on animals.
Penelope Cruz Joining Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Not Doing Melancholia | /Film 2010
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With these simple changes, what Anne Frank said is alive and real and true, and not only in Penelope, but in all of us.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Penelope is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and the first black female director to receive a BAFTA award nomination.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Penelope is one mother and filmmaker vying to raise awareness about this epidemic so it can be brought to an end.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Penelope is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and the first black female director to receive a BAFTA award nomination.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Penelope is one mother and filmmaker vying to raise awareness about this epidemic so it can be brought to an end.
Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO) Nancy Chuda 2010
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Reid and Hotch and Penelope are tied for my favourites, of which only Penelope is (sort of? not really? grey area?) a secondary character.
mrissa: TV main characters: why do they suck so? mrissa 2010
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