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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
Synonyms:
genus Penelope; Penelope
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Penelope" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Holonyms ("Penelope" is a member of...):
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
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