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satyr

/ˈseɪtɚ/

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What does satyr mean?

noun

  1. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
  2. Synonym of faun.
  3. A lecherous man.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  2. (obsolete) The orangutan.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈseɪtɚ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈsætɚ/
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