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Selene   /səlˈin/   Listen
Selene

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna.
2.
A genus of Carangidae.  Synonym: genus Selene.



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Selene setapinnis
Selene vomer


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"Selene" Quotes from Famous Books



... for poetry in the world as seen through microscope and telescope, and as developed through "aeonian" processes of evolution. In a notebook, mixed with Greek, is a poem on the Moon—not the moon of Selene, "the orbed Maiden," but of astronomical science. In Memoriam recalls the conversations on labour and politics, discussions of the age of the Reform Bill, of rick-burning (expected to "make taters cheaper"), and of Catholic emancipation; ...
— Alfred Tennyson • Andrew Lang


Words linked to "Selene" :   genus Selene, family Carangidae, Selene setapinnis, Greek mythology, Selene vomer, Greek deity, fish genus, Carangidae


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