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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114490" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114490" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; - called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72722" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72722" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A fabulous monster that figures in the Greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent, the mother of Cerberus, the Lernean Hydra, the Chimæra, the Sphinx, the Gorgons, the Nemean Lion, the vulture that gnawed the liver of Prometheus, &c. </p> | ||
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