Merops

American

[mee-rops] / ˈmi rɒps /

noun

(in theIliad ) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.

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Merops, the interception system produced by Schmidt’s company, is a Ukrainian favorite for this task.

From The Wall Street Journal

In comparison the drones fired by the Merops system only cost some $15,000 each.

From Barron's

He said,—and flung Around her neck his arms; and by his life, The life of Merops, and his sisters' hopes Of nuptial bliss, adjures her to obtain Proofs of his birth celestial.

From Project Gutenberg

They were the sons of the Percosian seer Merops, expert in the soothsayers' art1015 Above all other; he his sons forbad The bloody fight, but disobedient they Still sought it, for their destiny prevailed.

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The Hoopoe is common, Merops, Pastor, and ravens.

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