satyr
/ˈsæt.ə(ɹ)//ˈseɪt.əɹ/
noun
- 1
A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
- 2
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
Synonyms
noun
- 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
(by extension) A lecherous man.
- 3
Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
- 4
The orangutan.
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