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Definition of Lernean
1. n. One of a family (Lernæidæ) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.
Definition of Lernean
1. lernaean [adj] - See also: lernaean
Medical Definition of Lernean
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lernean
| leptus leptynite leptynites lerdelimumab lere lered leres leresis lergotrile leriche's syndrome | lering lermontovite lernaea lernaeacea lernaean lernean (current term) lerot lerp lerps lerret | lerrets |
Literary usage of Lernean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"THE lernean HYDRA. THE mystery of the Kraken, of which I treated in a companion
volume to the present, recently published,* is not difficult to unravel. ..."
2. Pausanias, and Other Greek Sketches by James George Frazer (1900)
"... would probably have been renowned in song and legend. But Argos had no Sophocles
to sing its praises in immortal verse. XXXIV. THE lernean MARSH. ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"Description of a new species of Echeneis (E. tropicus);—and of a new lernean of
the genus Penella (P. ..."
4. Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)
"THE lernean HYDRA. THE mystery of the Kraken, of which I treated in a companion
volume to the present, recently published, is not difficult to unravel. ..."
5. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"THE lernean HYDRA. THE mystery of the Kraken, of which I treated in a companion
volume to the present, recently published, is not difficult to unravel. ..."
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