lamia

[ US /ˈɫeɪmiə/ ]
[ UK /lˈæmiɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
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How To Use lamia In A Sentence

  • In young flowers all the carpels are connate at the base, and each mature mericarp represents a single carpel rather than half a carpel as is the case in Lamiaceae and Boraginaceae.
  • I should have sung for you, but with my lyre unstrung epithalamia were not on hand. The Times Literary Supplement
  • There are conflicting reports about the future of the Syrian ambassador to France, Lamia Chakkour.
  • On the other hand the internal wall at the back of the lamia was up which made the kitchen and bathroom into real rooms and much easier to visualise where the fittings, worktops and units would go.
  • Mormo was a female spectre, with which the Greeks used to frighten little children. Mormo was one of the same class of bugbears as Empusa and Lamia.
  • I like the lamia-crazy stuff in there better. garfunkleandoates someone should release the whole movie without the cgi. abayarts you think it would of been easy to do this with the cartoon version instead. it was okay, webcomic is still better. greggorybasore VOTD: The Twist Ending That Should’ve Happened - Garfield Never Existed | /Film
  • Police suspect the Hizbul Mujaheedin Islamia group of involvement in the attacks in Agartala, which is about 5 kilometers from the border with Bangladesh, the broadcaster said. Top Stories - Google News
  • It is not known who was the fortunate orator, but we are familiar with the names of some of the poets who addressed epithalamia to the beautiful princess. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
  • Two of his epithalamia, a form of composition rare in Irish literature, have been preserved. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
  • We again meet The Consul, Brawne Lamia, Fedmahn Kessad, Sol Weintraub and his daughter Rachel, Martin Silenus, Father Lenar Hoyt, and Het Masteen, the pilgrims all striving to reach and petition the Shrike for their one wish to be granted. The Fall of Hyperion: It’s the End of the World « A Working Title
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