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MEGAERA

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Overview

MEGAERA (noun)
  The noun MEGAERA has 1 sense:

1. one of the three Furiesplay

  Familiarity information: MEGAERA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MEGAERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the three Furies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Megaera" is a kind of...):

Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)


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