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ALECTO
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• ALECTO (noun)
The noun ALECTO has 1 sense:
1. one of the three Furies
Familiarity information: ALECTO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the three Furies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Alecto" is a kind of...):
Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)
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