Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamia \La"mi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to
devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a
sorceress; a witch.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamia
n : (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood
of the living [syn: {vampire}]
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