Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the three Fates, the spinner of the thread of destiny.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology: A genus of mollusks.
- noun Agenus of tubitelarian spiders, of the family Agalenidœ: a synonym of Uroctea.
- noun A genus of venomous African serpents, of the family Viperidæ. C.
- noun A genus of humming-birds.
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- proper noun archaic Oecobius, a genus of
arachnids , wall spiders. - proper noun Greek mythology The youngest of the three
Fates , orMoirae , daughter ofZeus andThemis ; thespinner of the thread of life
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She is named Durand's Clotho (_Clotho Durandi_, LATR.), in memory of him who first called attention to this particular Spider.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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One, called Clotho, carries a spindle on which is wound flax.
The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures Lorinda Munson Bryant 1894
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Though the English loss was comparatively very small, the Clotho was a good deal exposed, and two men were killed -- one so close to Clarence that his clothes were splashed with blood.
Chantry House Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The identities of "Clotho" and "Lachesis" cannot even be guessed at. [p. 122] 22.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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The identities of "Clotho" and "Lachesis" cannot even be guessed at. [p. 122] 22.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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It made no difference that I had been Exec under Andy Royce, the skipper of the "Clotho," the ship with the biggest confirmed kill in the entire Fleet Scouting Force.
A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951
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There was no sign of Lachesis and Clotho, but Atropos was writing at the table, and Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
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Clotho saw it, for he called to Joe to look out, and the pistol was jammed into my back ... and all the while I could hear the morning traffic rumbling in the street far below the curtained windows, and the distant knocks of porters rousing guests
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I didn't undervalue the choleric Colonel Clotho or the grim-voiced Lachesis, either; there was authority and purpose in the way they sat themselves down at either end of a table, the hooded heads facing me; from what the fat monster had said, the hidden faces must be well-known, to Americans at least.
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"You think right, suh, an 'I daresay you are familiar with the classical names we three have adopted, bein' those of the Parcae - Lachesis, Clotho, an 'myself, Atropos - tho' I hope to convince you that those of the Eumenides would have been more fittin '."
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