Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who with her brother Orestes avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover, Aegisthus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the Pleiades, 20 Tauri.
- noun [NL.] In zoology: A genus of polyps.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- noun A genus of dipterous insects.
- noun A genus of mollusks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of thePleiades , and one of the daughters ofOceanus andTethys . - proper noun astronomy One of the
stars in the Pleiadesstar cluster . - proper noun rare A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
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Examples
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ELECTRA - Bill Dorland, 80, of Electra died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at Electra Healthcare.
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DAVE NAVARRO AND CARMEN ELECTRA: OK, this union seemed built to last - and not because rocker Navarro and hottie Electra documented their wedded bliss for an MTV show called "'Till Death Do Us Part: Carmen&Dave."
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DAVE NAVARRO AND CARMEN ELECTRA: OK, this union seemed built to last -- and not because rocker Navarro and hottie Electra documented their wedded bliss for an MTV show called "` Till Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave."
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Too bad Jennifer Garner's fights in "Electra" couldn't have been like that.
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The man Electra is married to, however, is kind to her and has taken advantage of neither her family name nor her virginity.
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The man Electra is married to, however, is kind to her and has taken advantage of neither her family name nor her virginity.
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Electra is an amazing step forward in black powder shooting, and deserves to be a monstrous success.
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Electra is powered by a 9-volt lithium battery that is good for 500 shots.
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System 2007
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And -- Carmen Electra is looking like a dogs breakfast
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I don't know about the newer ones, but my Electra is short on style, but more than adequate on 'substance'.
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