lamia
lamia
Definition
la·mia (lā′mē ə)
noun
- Class. Myth. any of a class of monsters, half woman and half serpent, supposed to lure people, esp. children, in order to suck their blood
- a vampire; female demon; sorceress
Etymology: ME lamya < L lamia < Gr; akin to lamos, abyss < IE base *lem-, with gaping mouth > L lemures, ghost (see lemur), Welsh llef, voice
Browse dictionary entries near lamia
- lamenting
- lamented
- Lamentations
- lamentation
- lamentable
- lament
- lamellose
- lamellirostral
- lamelliform
- lamellicorn
- lamina
- laminable
- laminar
- laminar flow
- laminaria
- laminate
- laminated
- lamination
- laminectomy
- laminin
