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sa•tyr

Pronunciation: (sā'tur, sat'ur), [key]
—n.
1. Class. Myth.one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
2. a lascivious man; lecher.
3. a man who has satyriasis.
4. Also,sa•tyr•idPronunciation: (sā'tur-id, sat'ur-, su-tī'rid). [key]Also called sa'tyr but'terfly. any of several butterflies of the family Satyridae, having gray or brown wings marked with eyespots.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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