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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who with his sister Electra avenged the murder of his father by murdering his mother and her lover Aegisthus.

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Heteropterygidae — several stick insects.
  • proper noun Greek mythology The son of Agamemnon
  • proper noun A region of Macedonia
  • proper noun A town in Indiana

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  • noun (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

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