Definition of satyr

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Satyr (n.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns..

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Satyr :: Satyr (n.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns..
Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites..
Satyrical :: Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..
Satyric :: Satyric (a.) Alt. of Satyrica.
Praetores :: Praetores (n. pl.) A division of butterflies including the satyrs.
Term :: Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3..
Satyr :: Satyr (n.) The orang-outang.
Oreades :: Oreades (n. pl.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2..
Faun :: Faun (n.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man..
Tetralogy :: Tetralogy (n.) A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival..
Sylvan :: Sylvan (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic..
Orang-outang :: Orang-outang (n.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang..
Satyriasis :: Satyriasis (n.) Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.
Satyrion :: Satyrion (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids.
Nymphales :: Nymphales (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies..
Satyr :: Satyr (n.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness..
Tragopan :: Tragopan (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species..
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