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Laestrygonians

Laestrygonians is the plural of Laestrygonian.

Meaning of Laestrygonian

Noun

Laestrygonian (plural Laestrygonians)

  1. (Greek) A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.
    • Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
    Synonyms:
    Laestrygon

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Questions about Laestrygonians

What is Laestrygonians the plural of?
Laestrygonians is the plural of Laestrygonian.

Words near Laestrygonians in the dictionary

  1. Laestadianism
  2. Laestadians
  3. Laestrygon
  4. Laestrygones
  5. Laestrygonian
  6. Laestrygonians
  7. Laestrygons
  8. laesura
  9. laesurae
  10. laesural
  11. Laetare Sunday

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