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Lamia   /lˈeɪmiə/   Listen
Lamia

noun
(pl. lamiae)
1.
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.  Synonym: vampire.





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"Lamia" Quotes from Famous Books



... much like that told in the Fifth Night (vol. i. 54). It is the story of the Prince and the Lamia in the Book of Sindibad wherein it is given with Persian ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Lamia" :   vampire, evil spirit, folklore


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