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Lestrigonian

Lestrigonian is the alternative form 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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Forms of Lestrigonian

pluralLestrigonians

Questions about Lestrigonian

What is Lestrigonian the alternative form of?
Lestrigonian is the alternative form of Laestrygonian.

Words near Lestrigonian in the dictionary

  1. lestobiosis
  2. lestobiotic
  3. Leston
  4. Lestons
  5. Lestrigon
  6. Lestrigonian
  7. Lestrigonians
  8. Lestrigons
  9. Lestrygonian
  10. Lestrygonians
  11. Lesueur

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