Merops

[ mee-rops ]

noun

1. (in the Iliad ) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.

Example Sentences

For the inhabitants of the Isle of Cos the hero of the Deluge was Merops, son of Hyas, who there assembled under his rule the remnant of humanity preserved with him.

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Merops Savignii 76 falcatus 83 Mitra caffra 88 recurvirostris 105 crassa ib. ensipennis 107 pertusa, var.

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Two gaudy kinds of Alcedo play on the rivulets—Merops Bulockii and Nubicus.

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And the queen of the hoopoes gave herself airs, and sat upon a twig; and she refused to speak to the merops her cousin, and the other birds who had been her friends, because they were but vulgar birds, and she wore a crown of gold upon her head.

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Merops philippinus X Oriental region 106.       ,,    ornatus X X Java, Australia Alcedinid�.

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