Definitions for lamia
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Princeton's WordNet
vampire, lamia(noun)
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
Wiktionary
Lamia(ProperNoun)
A city in Greece.
lamia(Noun)
A monster with the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent, which ate children and sucked the blood from men.
Webster Dictionary
Lamia(noun)
a monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch
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