Melampus

[ muh-lam-puhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.

Example Sentences

An analogy does come to mind: it’s been shown that the unusual dentary teeth of Impala Aepyceros melampus have a morphology specialised for a primary function in grooming.

From Scientific American

In 1794 he was in charge of the Melampus frigate, in 1796 he was resident commissioner of Corsica.

From Project Gutenberg

The fifty-seventh vessel I boarded was the Melampus frigate.

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The Greeks pretended that the daughters of Prœtus, smitten with insanity by Bacchus, were restored to reason by the shepherd Melampus, who gave them some milk drawn from goats that had eaten hellebore.

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On the 20th November, the fleet sailed for Bermuda, consisting of the Flag Ship of Admiral Sawyer, the Spartan and Melampus, Frigates; the Atalanta, Ratler and Indian, Sloops-of-War.

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