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Meaning of PENELOPE

Pronunciation:  pu'nelupee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
  2. [n]  (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
 
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 Synonyms: genus Penelope
 
 See Also: bird genus, Cracidae, family Cracidae, mythical being

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pe*nel"o*pe\ (p[-e]*n[e^]l"[-o]*p[=e]), n. [From. L.
Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr.
Phnelo`ph.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of curassows, including the guans.
 

 

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