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Teumessian

Teumessian adjective: of or relating to the town of Teumessus or Teumessos in ancient Boeotia, situated in the plain of Thebes; applied to the Teumessian fox, an enormous fox in Greek mythology that was destined never to be caught.

Adjective

Teumessian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the town of Teumessus or Teumessos in ancient Boeotia, situated in the plain of Thebes; applied to the Teumessian fox, an enormous fox in Greek mythology that was destined never to be caught.

Words formed from Teumessian

Questions about Teumessian

What does Teumessian mean?
Teumessian means of or relating to the town of Teumessus or Teumessos in ancient Boeotia, situated in the plain of Thebes; applied to the Teumessian fox, an enormous fox in Greek mythology that was destined never to be caught.
What part of speech is Teumessian?
Teumessian is an adjective.

Words near Teumessian in the dictionary

  1. teucriums
  2. Teufel
  3. Teufels
  4. Teufen
  5. teugh
  6. Teumessian
  7. Teumessian fox
  8. Teunissen-Cremers syndrome
  9. teupolin
  10. Teurian
  11. TEUs

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