Hypertext Webster Gateway: "penelope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Penelope \Pe*nel"o*pe\ (p[-e]*n[e^]l"[-o]*p[=e]), n. [From. L.
Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr.
Phnelo`ph.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of curassows, including the guans.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Penelope
n 1: (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of
devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus
fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors
until Odysseus returned and killed them [syn: {Penelope}]
2: a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game
and food birds) [syn: {Penelope}, {genus Penelope}]
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