LYCAON

Meaning of LYCAON in English

līˈkāən, -āˌän noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mythological king of Arcadia who was transformed into a wolf, from Greek Lykaōn

: a genus of animals containing the African hunting dog

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LYCAON — in Greek mythology, a legendary king of Arcadia. Traditionally, he was an impious and cruel king who tried to trick …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYCAON — [Greek heroic] A king of Arcadia, who in his vanity and pride tested Zeus by serving him his own son …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
LYCAON — Ликаон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LYCAON PICTUS — African hunting dog, hunting dog, wild dog
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
AFRICAN WILD DOG — noun Date: 1978 a powerful canid ( Lycaon pictus ) having a mottled coat of black, white, and reddish yellow …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIMBER WOLF — noun : a large broad-headed heavy-muzzled wolf ( Canis lupus lycaon ) of northern No. America that is extinct over …
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AFRICAN HUNTING DOG — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a powerful doglike mammal ( Lycaon pictus ) brightly marked in black, white, and …
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AFRICAN WILD DOG — Date: 1978 : a powerful canid ( Lycaon pictus ) having a mottled coat of black, white, and reddish yellow …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUNTING DOG — (also Cape ~ ) ■ noun an African wild dog that has a dark coat with pale markings, living and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CARNIVORE — a member of the mammalian order Carnivora, literally meat eaters. The order Carnivora is composed of 10 families of primarily …
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PRIAM — the ineffectual king of Troy in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Priam leaves key decisions to his sons and fails to …
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PANDARUS — in Greek legend, son of Lycaon, a Lycian. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Pandarus broke the truce between the …
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FAIRFAX, EDWARD — born c. 1575, , Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng. died Jan. 27, 1635 English poet whose Godfrey of Bulloigne or the Recoverie …
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CALLISTO — in Greek mythology, a nymph, or else a daughter of either Lycaon of Arcadia or of Nycteus or Ceteus. Callisto …
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AFRICAN HUNTING DOG — also called Cape Hunting Dog, or Hyena Dog (Lycaon pictus), wild African carnivore that differs from the rest of the …
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WEREWOLF — [Folklore] In popular folklore, a man who is transformed, or who transforms himself, into a wolf in nature and appearance …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
PANDARUS — [Greek heroic] The son of Lycaon, ally of the Trojans, and a renowned archer. By wounding Menelaus he broke to …
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OENOTRUS — [Greek] The son of Lycaon (1). He moved to Italy, where the southern pas was named after him (Oenotria).
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MELIBOEA — [Greek] The daughter of Oceanus, mother of Lycaon. The sole daughter of Niobe who was spared by Artemis. She was …
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LAOTHOË — [Greek heroic] The daughter of Altes, by Priam the mother of Lycaon (2).
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IAPYX — [Greek heroic] The son of either Daedalus or Lycaon. He settled in Iapygia (the ancient name of Apulia, southeast Italy). …
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GREEK HEROIC LEGEND — All the articles available in the Greek heroic legend section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abderus; Acamas; Acastus; Acherusia; Achilles; Acrisius; …
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CALLISTO — [Greek] Callisto was a nymph (or, according to some sources, the daughter of Lycaon) who was associated with the goddess …
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ЛИКАОН — Lycaon
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
FOX — 1) лисица (Vulpes) 2) серая лисица (Urocyon) 3) песец (Alopex) 4) гиеновидная собака (Lycaon) • - admiralty flying fox - Afghan fox - African big-eared fox - Amboina …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DUSKY MEADOW BROWN — крупноглазка малая (Hyponephele lycaon)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BAT-EARED FOX — 1) гиеновая собака (Lycaon pictus) 2) см. big-eared fox
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
AFRICAN HUNTING DOG — гиенов(идн)ая собака (Lycaon pictus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FOX — 1) лисица ( Vulpes ) 2) серая лисица ( Urocyon ) 3) песец ( Alopex ) 4) гиеновидная собака ( …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DUSKY MEADOW BROWN — крупноглазка малая ( Hyponephele lycaon )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ГИЕНОВАЯ СОБАКА — I - гиеновидная собака (Lycaon pictus) African hunting dog II (Lycaon pictus) bat-eared fox
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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