satyr

/ˈsæt.ə(ɹ)//ˈseɪt.əɹ/

noun

  1. 1

    A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

  2. 2

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A lecherous man.

  3. 3

    Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.

  4. 4

    The orangutan.

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