Laestrygones

[ les-trig-uh-neez ]

plural noun

, Classical Mythology.

, singular Laes·try·gon [les, -tri-gon].

1. giant cannibals encountered by Odysseus on his return to Ithaca.

Example Sentences

The cannibal Laestrygones, even, have a king and a city, though their manners are disgusting.

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