Definition of Threnodes

1. Noun. (plural of threnode) ¹

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Definition of Threnodes

1. threnode [n] - See also: threnode

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threnodes

threespace
threespaces
threespine stickleback
threeteen
threeth
threetip sagebrush
threety
threeways
threitol
threitols
thremmatology
threne
threnes
threnode
threnodes
threnodial
threnodic
threnodies
threnodist
threnodists
threnody
threnos
threnoses
threofuranose
threofuranoses
threofuranoside
threofuranosides
threonic acid
threonine

Literary usage of Threnodes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"43 (42) Depression of second ventral segment narrower and deeper, ? with the scutellum differing little from the mesothorax in its punctures... O. threnodes ..."

2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Cacomantis threnodes, Cab. $ Heine, Mia. Hem. iv, p. 19 (1863); (1839-1844). Hume $ Dav. ... Some birds (C. threnodes) are much darker than others. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1891)
"02 Cuculus threnodes, Gray, Hand-l, B. ii. p. 217, no. 9017. (1877). Adult male. ... Cacomantis threnodes, Cab., a rather darker bird with a deeper ..."

4. Greek Melic Poets by Herbert Weir Smyth (1900)
"... to the songs of the hired threnodes, which were probably of a fixed type, and the responsive lamentations of the chorus, solos are sung by Andromache, ..."

5. Greek Melic Poets by Herbert Weir Smyth (1900)
"In addition to the songs of the hired threnodes, which were probably of a fixed type, and the responsive lamentations of the chorus, solos are sung by ..."

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