Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon and twin sister of Apollo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, one of the great Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto (Latona), and twin sister of Apollo.
- noun In zoology: A genus of siphonate lamellibranch bivalves, of the family Veneridæ, having the pallial margin sinuous. A genus of coleopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana.
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- proper noun rare A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So when a confused and frightened demon pops up in a Sicilian theatre, Artemis is there to meet him.
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(Ironically, one of the Albright-Knox deaccessions, a magnificent classical bronze of Artemis, is currently on display at the Metropolitan, on loan from the European collector who bought it for $25 million.)
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Artemis is an anti-hero, angling to be a master criminal rather than a magical law enforcer.
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At top, Artemis is negotiating with Julius Root, a fairy commander.
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Another comic-book technique that pops up in Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel is the character profile; the top illustration is a bit of Artemis's.
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(Ironically, one of the Albright-Knox deaccessions, a magnificent classical bronze of Artemis, is currently on display at the Metropolitan, on loan from the European collector who bought it for $25 million.)
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Mythology: another name for Artemis, the moon goddess.
15,000 Baby Names Bruce Lansky 2010
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Mythology: another name for Artemis, the moon goddess.
15,000 Baby Names Bruce Lansky 2010
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Mythology: another name for Artemis, the moon goddess.
15,000 Baby Names Bruce Lansky 2010
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The art in Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel actually made the story more enjoyable for me than the original prose novel.
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