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1. A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterised by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. "Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long." (Milton)
2. <zoology> Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colours are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
3. <zoology> The orangoutang.
Origin: L. Satyrus, Gr., cf. F. Satyre.
(01 Mar 1998)
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