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Definition: meadow browns
Satyr
\Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. ?: cf. F. satyre.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as
part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
merriment and lasciviousness.
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Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
--Milton.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of butterflies
belonging to the family
Nymphalid[ae]. Their colors are
commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
Called also
meadow browns.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The orang-outang.
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