ANUBIS

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• ANUBIS (noun)
  The noun ANUBIS has 1 sense:

1. Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal

  Familiarity information: ANUBIS used as a noun is very rare.

• ANUBIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anpu; Anubis

Instance hypernyms:

Egyptian deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians)

 Context examples 

Multiple species of large terrestrial monkeys in the genus Papio, including P. hamadryas, P. papio, P. anubis, P. cynocephalus and P. ursinus.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)