lamia
UK /ˈleɪmɪə/ US /ˈleɪ.mi.ə/
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A city in Greece.
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A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
Coordinate term: naga
Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.
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noun — (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood o
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Coordinate term: naga
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Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.
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