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penelope
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun penelope has 2 senses
- penelope(n = noun.person) Array - (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them; Array is a kind of mythical being
- penelope(n = noun.animal) genus penelope - a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds); Array is a kind of bird genus
is a member of cracidae, family cracidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
penelope, prop. n. [From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses , the hero of the Odyssey, Gr. Phnelo`ph.].
A genus of curassows, including the guans. [1913 Webster]
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