Lamia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lamia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Lamia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamia n (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living Synonym(s): vampire, lamia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamia \La"mi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Class. Myth.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.