lamias
- plural of lamia.
Example Sentences
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The unicorn takes his place in the zoo which never existed as a sharp contrast to harpies, gorgons, sea serpents, lamias, werewolves, dragons.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Nicander the Colophonian, in his essay on Dialects, says that the carcharias is also called the lamias and the squill.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
There, on one of the broadest tombstones she saw sitting a circle of lamias.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
She thought with terror of this solitary wandering and of the horrible lamias, but her will was firm as her trust in Providence.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
