Silenus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Greek Mythology Any of the minor woodland deities and companions of Dionysus, depicted on Greek vases as men with the tails, ears, and hooves of horses.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See wanderoo.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Gr. myth, a divinity of Asiatic origin, the foster-father of Bacchus, and leader of the satyrs, but very frequently merely one of a number of kindred attendants in the Dionysiae thiasus.
  • n. In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Eucnemidæ. Same as Anelastes, Latreille.
  • n. In mammal, a genus of macaques, named from Macacus silenus, the wanderoo.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
  • n. the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    greek deity    satyr    forest god   
    Variant
    wanderoo   
     
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