Associations to the word «Lamia»

Wiktionary

LAMIA, proper noun. A city in Greece.
LAMIA, noun. A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

Dictionary definition

LAMIA, noun. (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.

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