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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals;
[syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eumenides \Eu*men"i*des\, n. pl. [L., from Gr. ? lit., gracious goddesses.] (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Eumenides n 1: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals [syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes]