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EURYALE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Basket stars

Synonyms:

Euryale; genus Euryale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Euryale" is a kind of...):

echinoderm genus (a genus of echinoderms)

Holonyms ("Euryale" is a member of...):

Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Euryale" is a kind of...):

Gorgon ((Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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