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Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra, Clytemnestra).

Proper noun

Clytemnestra f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
  2. A genus of copepods, crustaceans, variously placed:
    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peltidiidae.
    2. A taxonomic genus within the family Clytemnestridae.

Hypernyms


English

Proper noun

Clytemnestra

  1. A character in Ancient Greek myth, the wife of Agamemnon.