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Laestrygonian

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lestrygoniannounAlternative form of Laestrygonian. [(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.]
lestrigonnounAlternative form of Laestrygonian. [(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.]
laestrygonesnoun(Greek mythology) The Laestrygonians.
giantnounA very tall and large person.
giantessnoun(fantasy, mythology) A female giant.
sthenonoun(Greek mythology) The eldest and most ferocious of the gorgons.
lapithnounOne of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly.
ogrenoun(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
ephialtesnoun(obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare
lamianounA city in Greece.
gorgonnoun(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
aegipannoun(Greek mythology) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
gogmagognoun(mythology) A legendary giant in Welsh and later English folklore, said to have been a giant inhabitant of Albion who was thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus, a companion of Brutus of Troy.
athosnounA peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos
ettinnoun(roleplaying games) A giant with two heads.
gigantomachynoun(Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.
stymphalidesnoun(Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, a flock of metallic man-eating birds that haunted Lake Stymphalis in Arkadia. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.
pygmynoun(often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.
oegipannounAlternative form of aegipan. [(Greek mythology) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.]
lotos-eaternounDated form of lotus-eater. [(Greek mythology) A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.]

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